Balingiin Tserendorj (Mongolian: Балингийн Цэрэндорж; 1868 - February 13, 1928) was a Mongolian political figure and the first Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Mongolia from 1924 to 1928.
Tserendorj was born in 1868 as a subject to the Great Shabi (the estate of the personal retainers of the Jebtsundamba Khutughtu) in present-day Selenge Aimag. He spoke Manchu, Chinese and Russian and worked as a scribe and translator in the local Manch...
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Balingiin Tserendorj (Mongolian: Балингийн Цэрэндорж; 1868 - February 13, 1928) was a Mongolian political figure and the first Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Mongolia from 1924 to 1928.
Tserendorj was born in 1868 as a subject to the Great Shabi (the estate of the personal retainers of the Jebtsundamba Khutughtu) in present-day Selenge Aimag. He spoke Manchu, Chinese and Russian and worked as a scribe and translator in the local Manchu litigation office from 1885 to 1911. In 1911, as the Qing Dynasty collapsed to the south, Mongolian regional leaders reassurted their country's independence and established the Bogd Khaanate, also known as Autonomous Mongolia, under the civil and religious leadership of the Bogd Khan. Tserendorj went to work at the Foreign Ministry for Autonomous Mongolia and in 1913 he was appointed deputy foreign minister. Shortly thereafter he became minister of foreign affairs.
From 1914 to 1915 he accompanied Prime Minister Shirindambyn Namnansüren as...
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