Losolyn Laagan

Who is Losolyn Laagan?

Losolyn Laagan was a Mongolian politician and member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party who served as chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural from April 27, 1930, to June 2, 1932.

Losolyn Lagaan was born in 1887 in Buyant Sum, Khovd Province. He joined the MPRP in 1923 and in 1925 was appointed chairman of the Auditing Committee of the Committee of the MPRP for Khovd Province. In 1928 he was named chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the national MPRP. In March 1930 he was elected a member of the Central Committee of the MPRP Presidium and on April 27, 1930 was named Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural of the MPR, or titular Head of State of the Mongolian People's Republic, a position he would hold until June 2, 1932.

In spring 1932, Laagan was one of several political leaders blamed for excesses of what was later termed the “Leftist Deviation,” during which the government actively pursued Soviet tailored policies to force herders onto collective farms, suppress private trade, and seize property of both the nobility and the Buddhist church. The harsh policies resulted in violent uprisings that spread across western Mongolia.