Khorloogiin Choibalsan

Also known as Jorlogin Choibalsán o Coibalsan

Mongolian general and political leader from the 1930s to 1952

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General secretary: Banzarjavyn Baasanjav , Dashiin Damba , Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Preceded by: Anandyn Amar
Succeeded by: Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Born: Khorloogiin Dugar , ( 1895-02-08 ) 8 February 1895, Achit Beysiyn , Outer Mongolia , China (present-day Mongolia )
Died: 26 January 1952 (1952-01-26) (aged 56), Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place: Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery
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Khorloogiin Choibalsan (8 February 1895 – 26 January 1952) was a Mongolian politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic as the chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1939 until his death in 1952. He was also the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian People's Army from 1937, and the chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural (head of state) from 1929 to 1930. His rule was maintained by a repressive state and cult of personality. Choibalsan led a dictatorship and organized Stalinist purges in Mongolia between 1937 and 1939 as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Choibalsan was one of the 1921 Mongolian revolutionaries and held several political and military roles in the 1920s. Mongolia's economic, political, and military ties to the Soviet Union deepened, though after World War II, Choibalsan supported pan-Mongolian unification with Inner Mongolia. He died of cancer in Moscow in 1952 and was succeeded as leader by his protégé, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal.