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Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal

1916 - 1991

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Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (Mongolian: Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал; 17 September 1916 – 20 April 1991) was a Mongolian politician who led the Mongolian People's Republic from 1952 to 1984. He served as General Secretary of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party from 1940 to 1954 and again from 1958 to 1984, as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (head of government) from 1952 to 1974, and as Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural (head of state) from 1974 to 1984. Tsedenbal rose to prominence in the 1940s as a member of leader Khorloogiin Choibalsan's inner circle, and succeeded him as premier after his death in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal has received more than 399,577 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal is the 3,104th most popular politician (up from 4,046th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Mongolia (up from 20th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Mongolian Politician.

Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal was the General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party from 1952 to 1984. He is most famous for being the head of state of Mongolia during the late 20th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal ranks 3,104 out of 19,576Before him are Jean Moulin, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Thessalonike of Macedon, Andreas Papandreou, Amalaric, and David of Trebizond. After him are Hystaspes, Kilij Arslan II, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Blaise Compaoré, Paul Kruger, and Haman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal ranks 39Before him are Vitaly Ginzburg, Paul Keres, Sune Bergström, Christian B. Anfinsen, Peter Weiss, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Jean Dausset, Marcel Cerdan, Peter Finch, P. W. Botha, Masaki Kobayashi, and Virginia Satir. Among people deceased in 1991, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal ranks 32Before him are Henri Lefebvre, David Lean, Natalia Ginzburg, Max Frisch, Gunnar Gren, and Ragnar Granit. After him are Jean Tinguely, Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, Wilhelm Kempff, Stan Getz, and Leo Fender.

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In Mongolia

Among people born in Mongolia, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal ranks 18 out of 71Before him are Abaqa Khan (1234), Jebe (1137), Toghrul (1130), Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893), Altan Khan (1507), and Sorghaghtani Beki (1190). After him are Baydu (1300), Muqali (1170), Esen Taishi (1407), Dayan Khan (1464), Ligdan Khan (1558), and 4th Dalai Lama (1589).

Among POLITICIANS In Mongolia

Among politicians born in Mongolia, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal ranks 14Before him are Ariq Böke (1219), Abaqa Khan (1234), Jebe (1137), Toghrul (1130), Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893), and Altan Khan (1507). After him are Baydu (1300), Esen Taishi (1407), Dayan Khan (1464), Ligdan Khan (1558), 4th Dalai Lama (1589), and Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (1968).