Janlavyn Narantsatsralt

Janlavyn Narantsatsralt (Mongolian _mn. Жанлавын Наранцацралт; 1957 – 12 November 2007) was a Mongolian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Mongolia from 1998-12-09 until 1999-07-22.

Life

Narantsatsralt was born 1957 in Ulan Bator. He was married with two children, and spoke Russian and Mongolian fluently. He died in a road accident while returning to Ulan Bator from Dornogovi Province after taking part in a youth forum on 12 November 2007. [cite web
title = Former prime minister of Mongolia dies in car accident
work = PR-Inside.com
date = 2007-11-13
url = http://www.pr-inside.com/former-prime-minister-of-mongolia-dies-r297569.htm
accessdate = 2007-11-13]

Education and early years

He studied at the Belarusian State University of and at the Russian state university on land use planning in Moscow, graduating in 1981. Then he continued his studies at the Moscow State University, earning a PhD in geographic sciences in 1990. Later he visited a research institute in India, and attended to courses for urban and economic development in Japan and South Korea.

On returning from Moscow he worked as an engineer and executive officer at the Institute of Soil Management. From 1989 to 1991 he was scientist and head of department at the Institute of Soil Policy of the Ministry of Environment. Then he served as an expert and head of department in the municipal Office of Urban design and planning of Ulan Bator.

Political career

Narantsatsralt was elected Mayor of Ulan Bator in 1996. The successful work in this position contributed to his appointment as prime minister of Mongolia in December 1998. He had to resign eight months later because of the controversial formulation of a letter to the first deputy prime minister of Russia about the Mongolian-Russian copper-molybdenum ore concentration facility.

Further career

From 1999 to 2000, Narantsatsralt worked as a lecturer and guest professor at the National University of Mongolia, in the faculty of geography and soil management. In the elections of 2000, he won a seat in the State Great Khural (parliament). From 2006 until his death, he was a member of the permanent committee of the parliament.In January 2006 he voted with former communist MPRP members against his own party's coalition government. He did so in spite of a decision of the Democratic Party's Directing Board, not to vote against its own coalition government. The Party's Main Legal Committee therefore cancelled his membership of the party in February. Since 2004, he also worked as the Chairperson of the standing committee of the parliament for infrastructure, and Minister of Construction and Urban Development. He died in a car accident on 12 November 2007. [cite web
title = Mongolia's minister dies in traffic accident
work = People's Daily Online
date = 2007-11-13
url = http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6301873.html
accessdate = 2007-11-13]

References

Persondata
NAME=Janlavyn Narantsatsralt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Narantsatsralt; Жанлавын Наранцацаралт (mongolian)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Prime Minister of Mongolia from 1998-12-09 to 1999-07-22
DATE OF BIRTH=1957
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ulan Bator, Mongolia
DATE OF DEATH=2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Töv Province, Mongolia