Dovchinsurengiin Ganzorig

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Dovchinsurengiin Ganzorig
Ganzorig Dovchinsuren Portrait.jpg
Native name
Довчинсүрэнгийн Ганзориг
BornMongolia
Allegiance Mongolia
Service/branchMongolian Armed Forces
Years of service1995-present
RankLieutenant General
Alma materUnited States Army War College
Websitehttps://www.gsmaf.gov.mn/

Dovchinsürengiin Ganzorig (born 1971) is a Mongolian Armed Forces Lieutenant General[1] who currently serves as the Chief of the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces.[2]

Early life and education[]

Ganzorig was born in Mongolia in 1971.[3] He graduated from the in 1995 and was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Mongolian Armed Forces. From 1999-2000, D.Ganzorig attended courses at the Chinese Special Forces School. From 2001-2002, he was enrolled in United States Infantry Officer Course as well as U.S. Army Ranger School. He is the first Mongolian officer who completed the U.S. Ranger School. He graduated from the and from the U.S. Army War College with a Master of Strategic Studies degree in 2012.[4] As a partial fulfilment of his degree, D.Ganzorig wrote a research project on "Mongolia’s Third Neighbor Policy: Impact on the Mongolian Armed Forces."[5]

Career[]

From 1995-1997, he was a platoon commander in the 119th Armed Forces Unit, and from 1997-2002, was a trainer in the Special Task Battalion #150th of Mongolian Armed Forces.[4] D. Ganzorig participated in numerous UN peacekeeping and other peace support operations such as the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, United Nations Mission in Liberia, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 2002-2003, he was deputy head of the Peace Support Operations Training Center in the Unit 311th, Joint Training Center of the Mongolian Armed Forces as well as head of the Center from 2008-2010.[4]

From 2012-2014, he was Chief of Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.[4] Following the resignation of Major General Ayushiin Ganbat, President Khaltmaa Battulga appointed D.Ganzorig to the post of Chief of the General Staff with the consent of the State Great Khural on October 4, 2019. [6][7]

Awards and decorations[]

Ranger Tab.svg Ranger Tab[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "ЗХЖШ-ын дарга Д.Ганзоригт Дэслэгч генерал цол олголоо". www.24tsag.mn (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ "Зэвсэгт хүчний Жанжин штабын даргаар томилогдсон Д.Ганзориг ажлаа хүлээж авлаа". . Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Зэвсэгт хүчний Жанжин штабын даргаар бригадын генерал Д.Ганзоригийг томилохыг дэмжлээ". iKon.mn. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "ЗХЖШ-ын дарга Д.Ганзоригийг чөлөөлөх асуудал хөндөгдөж эхэллээ | News.MN". News.MN - Мэдээллийн эх сурвалж (in Mongolian). 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  5. ^ https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA561642.pdf
  6. ^ "Miller Takes Over NATO, U.S. Commands in Afghanistan". iKon.mn. October 4, 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  7. ^ "Монгол Улсын Зэвсэгт хүчний жанжин штабын дарга А.Ганбатыг чөлөөлж, Д.Ганзоригийг томиллоо". Монгол Улсын Ерөнхийлөгчийн Тамгын Газар. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  8. ^ "CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE MONGOLIAN ARMED FORCES NEWLY APPOINTED". President of Mongolia. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
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