Batchimeg Migeddorj (January 26, 1973 – October 17, 2020;
Mongolian: Мигэддоржийн Батчимэг) was a Mongolian diplomat and politician. A foreign affairs expert, from 2009 to 2012 she served as a national security advisor to the Mongolian president, and from 2012 to 2016 she was an elected member of parliament.
Biography
Batchimeg Migeddorj was born in 1973 in
Taragt, a district in
Mongolia's
Övörkhangai province.[1][2][3] Her father was an engineer, and her mother was a teacher.[2]
Batchimeg spent a decade from 1995 to 2005 as a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Studies of Mongolia.[1][4][5][6] Her research focused on
China and other major powers' relations in
Northeast Asia, as well as U.S. relations with countries in the region.[4][7] In 2005, she left the Institute for Strategic Studies to serve as Mongolia's trade and economic representative in
Taipei, a role she held until 2008.[1][4][6][8][9] She returned to the Institute as a consultant from 2008 to 2009.[1]
In 2009, Batchimeg was named a national security policy advisor to Mongolian President
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.[1][4][7][10] She served the president in this capacity until 2012.[1][6] During her tenure as a national security advisor, in 2010, the Asia Society selected her as a member of its Asia 21 fellowship program.[4]
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