Manzushir Khutagt Sambadondogiin Tserendorj

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Sambadondogiin Tserendorj Cамбадондогийн Цэрэндорж
Tserendorj in 1936 - 1937
Acting Prime Minister of Mongolia
In office May 1921 – July 1921
Preceded by	Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar
Succeeded by	Dogsomyn Bodoo
Personal details
Born	1872
Died	October 1937 People's Republic of Mongolia

Sambadondogiin Tserendorj (

Tserendorj, born in 1872, was recognized as the 6th reincarnate of the Donkor-Manjushri Gegen at the age of five and in 1880 took his place as Abbot of Manjusri Monastery. In 1911, Tserendorj was a strong supporter of Mongolia's struggle for independence, but withdrew from public life once the proclamation of independence was made.

Acting prime minister

In February 1921, Tserendorj safeguarded the

Later years and death

The Mongolian revolutionary government removed Tserendorj from his post. He once again took up his duties as chief abbot of Manjushri Monastery and maintained contact with a severely weakened (both physically and politically) Bogd Khan. In 1922 Tserendorj and the Bogd Khan supported a secret mission to contact the Japanese Emperor to request help against the increasing persecution of the Buddhist Church by the new government. In 1930, Tserendorj's personal property was seized as part of the government's rapid implementation of socialist policies. Tserendorj was arrested on charges of anti-government conspiracy and sentenced to 10 years in prison. In 1936 Khorloogiin Choibalsan's Interior Ministry accused him and 24 other lamas of being part of an "anti-revolutionary center". After a show trial that lasted nearly a year, Tserendorj was found guilty and executed in front of the Public Theater in early October, 1937.