Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren

Who was Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren?

Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren was a Mongolian politician, member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and titular Head of state of Mongolia from the period of January 16, 1927 to January 23, 1929.

Damdinsüren was born in Sain Noyon Khan Aimag. As a young child he studied Tibetan language and classical Mongolian script. At age 16 he became a clerk in the local government. In 1923 he was appointed chief of staff of the new rural district in present day Uliastai.

In 1925 he was elected as a delegate to the Fourth Congress of the Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League. At this congress Damdinsuren was elected a member of the Presidium and head of the Central Committee of the MYRL. At the MPRP Fifth Congress he was elected member of the Great Hural which in turn elected him a member of the Small Khural. At the Sixth Party Congress in early 1927 he was re-elected Chairman of the MRYL and a member of the MPRP Central Committee. The Central Committee elected him as a member of the MPRP Presidium and he was then chosen as its Chairman, making him titular head of state of Mongolian People's Republic. Damdinsuren would hold this post from January 16, 1927 to January 23, 1929.