Khorloogiin Choibalsan

Khorloogiin Choibalsan
ᠬᠣᠷᠯᠤ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨᠴᠣᠢᠢᠪᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩ Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан
Choibalsan in the 1940s
10th Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office 24 March 1939 – 26 January 1952
General Secretary	Banzarjavyn Baasanjav Dashiin Damba Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Preceded by	Anandyn Amar
Succeeded by	Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
4th Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural
In office 24 January 1929 – 27 April 1930
General Secretary	Ölziin Badrakh Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir Peljidiin Genden
Preceded by	Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren
Succeeded by	Losolyn Laagan
Personal details
Born	Khorloogiin Dugar (1895-02-08)8 February 1895 Achit Beysiyn, Outer Mongolia, Qing China
Died	26 January 1952(1952-01-26) (aged 56) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery
Nationality	Mongolian
Political party	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Spouse(s)	Borotologai (1921–1935) B. Gündegmaa (1935–1952)
Military service
Allegiance	Mongolian People's Republic
Branch/service	Mongolian People's Army
Years of service	1921–1952
Rank	Marshal
Commands	All (supreme commander)
Battles/wars	Mongolian Revolution of 1921 World War II
Awards	Foreign:

Khorloogiin Choibalsan^[a] (8 February 1895 – 26 January 1952) was a Mongolian politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic as chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1939 until his death in 1952. He was also commander-in-chief of the Mongolian People's Army from 1937, and chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural (head of state) from 1929 to 1930. His rise to power in the 1930s was personally orchestrated by Joseph Stalin, and his rule was maintained by a repressive state and cult of personality. Choibalsan led a dictatorship and organized Stalinist purges in Mongolia between 1937 and 1939 as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Choibalsan was one of the 1921 Mongolian revolutionaries, and held several political and military roles in the 1920s. Mongolia's economic, political, and military ties to the Soviet Union deepened, though after World War II, Choibalsan supported pan-Mongolian unification with Inner Mongolia. He died of cancer in Moscow in 1952, and was succeeded as leader by his protégé, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal.
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