Khajidsuren Bolormaa

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Khajidsuren Bolormaa Хажидсүрэн Болормаа
First Lady of Mongolia
In role June 18, 2009 – July 10, 2017
President	Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Preceded by
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-18) January 18, 1965 (age 56) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Spouse(s)	Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Children	4 Sons

Khajidsuren Bolormaa, or Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa, (Mongolian: Хажидсүрэнгийн Болормаа; born January 18, 1965) is a Mongolian mineralogical engineer, as well as a healthcare and children's rights advocate, who served as the First Lady of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017.^[1][2] Bolormaa is the wife of former President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. In 2006, Bolormaa founded the Bolor Foundation, which cares for in Mongolia.^[1]

Biography[]

Bolormaa was born on January 18, 1965, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.^[3] She graduated high school in Mongolia.^[3] She then enrolled at Lviv State University in Lviv, Ukrainian S.S.R. (present-day Ukraine), from 1983 to 1988 to study geochemistry.^[3] Bolormaa met her future husband, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, while both were students living in Lviv.^[3] The couple married and had their first son, who was born in Lviv.^[3] They have returned to Mongolia in 1988.^[3]

Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa worked as a mineralogical engineer for the government-run Central Geological Laboratory of Mongolia. She then established and opened Ankh-Erdene, a private research laboratory focusing on mineralogy and the Mongolia's mining industry.^[4]

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj was elected president in 2009, making Bolormaa the First Lady of Mongolia.^[3] Elbegdorj was re-elected in 2013.^[4]

In March 2010, First Lady Bolormaa established the Hope Cancer-free Mongolia National Foundation to improve cancer treatment services in the country.^[1][4][5] She called for increased cooperation between 38 Asian First Ladies ^[6] to fight cancer on the continent, especially among women.^[5] The foundation retrained Mongolian doctors, nurses and other staff at both domestic and international medical facilities between 2010 and 2013.^[1]

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