Jamsrangiin Sambuu
Jamsrangiin Sambuu Жамсрангийн Самбуу | |
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Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural (to 7 July 1960 as Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural) | |
In office 7 July 1954 – 20 May 1972 | |
Preceded by | Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa (acting) Gonchigiin Bumtsend (8th) |
Succeeded by | Tsagaanlamyn Dügersüren (acting) Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (10th) |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 June 1895 |
Died | 21 May 1972 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian People's Republic | (aged 76)
Jamsrangiin Sambuu (Mongolian: Жамсрангийн Самбуу; June 27, 1895 – May 21, 1972) was a Mongolian politician and diplomat who, as chairman of the presidium of the Mongolian People's Republic People's Great Khural, served as the effective president of the Mongolian People's Republic from 1954 until his death in 1972.[1]
Early life and career
Sambuu was born in 1895 in what is now
In 1928, the Seventh Party Congress ushered in the “Leftist Period.” Sambuu supported and played an active role in implementing Soviet backed leftist policies of more rapid collectivization, land expropriation, and persecution of the
Diplomat
Ambassador to the USSR
Although he had no prior diplomatic experience (he had never traveled abroad), Sambuu was appointed Ambassador of the Mongolian People's Republic to Moscow in 1937, where he managed Mongolia's most important bilateral relationship. Sambuu had been an early supporter of Soviet leadership in Mongolian affairs (he often referred to the Soviet Union as Mongolia's "big brother") and was viewed by Mongolia's supreme leader Khorloogiin Choibalsan as someone he could depend on to carry out the party line without deviation. Throughout World War II Sambuu played a key role in funneling Mongolian monetary and material assistance to the Soviet Red Army fighting German troops. He also took a keen interest in supporting Mongolian students (including future leader Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal) who were studying in Russia, seeing them as the key to Mongolia's future, and cultivated many of Mongolia's future diplomats. However, Sambuu was also his country's chief diplomatic representative during the Stalinist repressions in Mongolia during which several of Mongolia's top leaders were arrested, transported to the Soviet Union, and executed, many at the Butovo firing range just outside Moscow.
Advice to Herdsman
Sambuu published his most popular work Advice to Herdsmen (Малчдад өгөх зөвлөгөө) in 1945. The book contained advice on herding that Sambuu had collected from experts and local herders. It combined effective practices drawn from traditional folklore and modern scientific methods. The work was widely admired in Mongolia and was reprinted in 1999 and 2000 when Mongolian herders suffered through difficult winters.
Ambassador to the DPRK
Returning to Mongolia with a heightened reputation from his wartime work with the Soviets and Advice to Herdsmen, Sambuu was appointed Deputy Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1946. From 1950 to 1952 he served as Ambassador to
President of Mongolia
In 1951 Sambuu was elected to the Great People's Khural and on July 7, 1954 was named Chairman of the Presidium of the Great People's Khural (the largely ceremonial position of titular head of state or President of Mongolia - a position he would hold until his death). From 1954 Sambuu served concurrently in the Central Committee and as a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the MPRP. Sambuu died of cancer on May 21, 1972 at the age of 76 and was given a state funeral.
Books
In addition to Advice to Herders, Sambuu also wrote On the Question of Religion and Lamas (Шашин ба ламн нарын асуудалд) in 1961, and his autobiography From Life's Path (Амьдралын замналаас), published in two parts in 1965 and 1970.
Awards
He was awarded the
Notes
- ISBN 978-0810874527.
- ISBN 978-1442207509.
- ^ vip76. "Монгол, БНАСАУ-ын хооронд дипломат харилцаа тогтоосны 70 жилийн ойд зориулсан симпозиум, соёлын арга хэмжээ боллоо". vip76.mn (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
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