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Tsedengiin Janchiv

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Tsedengiin Janchiv
Цэдэнгийн Жанчив
Minister of Interior of the Mongolian People's Republic
In office
1952–1956
Preceded byDamdinnerangiin Bath
Succeeded byBatyn Dorj
Minister of Defense of the Mongolian People's Republic
In office
1950–1952
Preceded byKhorloogiin Choibalsan
Succeeded bySanjiin Bataa
Personal details
Born1914
Died1993
NationalityMongolian
Political partyMongolian People's Party
Alma materLenin Military-Political Academy

Tsedengiin Janchiv (Mongolian: Цэдэнгийн Жанчив) (1914-1993) was a Mongolian communist politician who served as Minister of Defense from 1950 to 1952 and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1952 to 1956.

Biography

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He was born in Bor Tolgoi, a place behind the Zuun Bogd mountain, present-day Övörkhangai Province, as the second son of a herder, Kh. Tsedengiin.[citation needed]

After graduating from school in 1928, he worked as a sum clerk, shopkeeper, and union cell head from 1929. After graduating from the Central Party School of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in 1930, he worked as an assistant, full and senior representative, and head of a special unit and department in the Internal Security Department. In 1935–1936, he completed a special professional course in the Soviet Union, and in 1943–1947, he graduated from the Lenin Military-Political Academy in Moscow.[1]

In 1948–1950, he was Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces, in 1950–1952 as Minister of National Defense, in 1952–1956 as Minister of Internal Affairs, in 1956–1958, Head of the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry Management Department, in 1958–1959, Minister of Geology and Mining of the Mongolian People's Republic, and from 1959 until his retirement, he served as Head of the Ulaanbaatar City Construction Trust, Head of the Ulaanbator City Electrical and Plumbing and Installation Department, Specialist in charge of special construction at the Mines, and Specialist in charge of foreign relations at the Ministry of Construction.[2]

He died in 1993 in Ulaanbaatar.[citation needed]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Baabar 1999, p. 142.
  2. ^ Sanders 1996, p. 221.

Bibliography

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  • Baabar, Bat-Erdene Batbayar (1999). History of Mongolia. Cambridge: Monsudar Publishing. ISBN 9992900385.
  • Sanders, Alan (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3077-9.