OYUNGEREL TSEDEVDAMBA
Politician, Author, Public speaker, Leader of the
project “Let’s change our toilets”
Political
and civil service positions
2012-2016: Member of the State
Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia
2012-2014: Minister of Culture,
Sports and Tourism of Mongolia
2011- 2012: Non-staff Adviser to
the President of Mongolia, Tsakhia Elbegdorj
2009-2010: Advisor (on Human
rights and Public Participation) to President of Mongolia, Tsakhia Elbegdorj
2004-2006: Advisor to Prime
Minister of Mongolia, Tsakhia Elbegdorj
2004: Assistant to Prime
Minister of Mongolia, Tsakhia Elbegdorj
2000-2003: Advisor to a Member
of Parliament, Lamjav Gundalai
1998-2000: Head of the Majority
(Democratic Union Coalition) Staff of the Parliament
1998: Personal assistant to
Prime Minister of Mongolia, Tsakhia Elbegdorj
1996-1997: Assistant to the Vice
Chairman of the State Great Hural (Parliament), Tsakhia Elbegdorj
1993-1996: Senior officer of the
National Social Insurance Office
1991-1992: Chief of the Labor
and Social Security Division of Huvsgul province
Political
Affiliations
2010- 2016: President of the
Democratic Women's Union
2000-2017: Member of the
National Consultative Committee of the Democratic Party
2000-2017: Board member of the
Democratic Women's Union
1997-2000: National Conference
Member of the National Democratic Party (which later co-founded the
Democratic Party)
1997-2000: Board Member of
National Democratic Women
1997-2000: Board Member of
National Democratic Youth Organization "New Generation"
1992-1997: Board Member of Huvsgul province National Democratic Party
1991-1992: Chairperson of the
Renaissance Party (which later co-founded the National Democratic Party) in
Huvsgul province
1992: Central Committee member
of the Renaissance Party
Voluntary
positions and affiliations
2007- present: Chair of Board of
Local Solutions Foundation, an Ulaanbaatar based NGO
2012- 2015: Vice-President of
Community Development Foundation, an Ulaanbaatar based NGO
2004-2007: Private fund raiser
for civil society and individual initiatives
2000-2004: Executive director of
Liberty Center, an Ulaanbaatar based human rights watchdog
Business positions
2007- present: Author and public
speaker
2008 - 2009: Director, Oge Co.,Ltd
2003: Reporter on contract for
the website EuroAsiaNet
1998-1999: Lecturer of History
of Economic Thoughts, University of Trade and Industry, Ulaanbaatar
1997-1998: Office manager,
Mongolian Privatization project
1996-2004: Translator on
contract for different organizations and projects
1991: English language course
teacher, Muren, Khuvsgul
province
1988-1991: Sales manager of the Huvsgul province Supply and Procurement Company, Muren, Khuvsgul province
1988: Assistant Accountant of
the Huvsgul province Supply and Procurement
Company, Muren, Khuvsgul
province
Education
2006: Yale World Fellow, USA
2004: MA in International Policy
Studies from Stanford University, USA
1993: MBA in international
business from Moscow School of International Business, Russian Federation
1991: Three months English
language course at the National University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1988: Bachelor in Planning
Economy from Sverdlovsk (now Ekatheringburg)
Institute of National Economy, Union of the Soviet, Socialist Republics
(USSR)
1983: Golden Medal of Excellent
Studies at graduation of the secondary school # 1, Muren,
Khuvsgul province, Mongolian People’s Republic
(MPR)
BOOKS
PUBLICATIONS
The Green-Eyed Lama, by Oyungerel
Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey L.Falt, English, Published by Oyungerel
Tsedevdamba with Kindle Direct Publishing, 2018,
458pp, soft cover, Amazon.com, ISBN-13: 978-1790364107; ISBN-10: 1790364108
Sixty White Sheep (The
second sequel of the Green Eyed Lama), By Oyungerel
Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey L.Falt, translation from English into Mongolian
by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba. Published by Selengepress,
2017, 680pp, soft cover, Ulaanbaataar, Mongolia.
ISBN 978-99978-1-869-0
Le moine aux yeux
verts (The Green Eyed Lama), By Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and
Jeffrey L.Falt,
translation from English into French by Katalin Balogh and Philippe Bonnet.
Published by Bernard Grasset, 2017, 576pp, soft cover, Paris, France. ISBN
978-2-246-85923-9
Let’s change our toilets (Жорлонгоо
өөрчилье),
by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, in Mongolian, Published
by Local Solutions Foundation, Printed by Selenge
Press, 2017, 152pp, soft cover, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. ISBN
978-99978-1-728-0
Introducing Mongolian Culture (Монгол Соёлоо Таниулья),
by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba,
in Mongolian with some English attachments, printed by Selenge
Press, 2016, 229pp, soft cover, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN
978-99973-3-709-2
Introducing Mongolia (Монголоо
Таниулья),
by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba,
in Mongolian with some English attachments, printed by Selenge
Press, 2015, 261pp, soft cover, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN
978-99962-4-356-1
A Story of Tarbosaurus Bataar, by Oyungerel Tsedevadamba, published in Mongolian and English by the
Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs, 2013 and 2014, 24 pages, soft cover,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
My Entreaty, by Oyungerel
Tsedevdamba, Mongolian, Compiled by Talantbook LLC, Printed in Selenge
Press, 2012, 284pp, soft cover, in Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN
978-99962-4-127-7
Hotol Tsagaan,
by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Mongolian, Published by
MonFemNet, 2011. ISBN 978-99929-75-83-0
Domestic Talks, by Oyungerel
Tsedevdamba, printed in Selenge
Press, 2011, 194pp, soft cover, in Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN
978-99962-845-9-5
My Job's Know How, by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba,
printed in Nom Hur, 2010, 270pp, soft cover, in
Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN 978-99962-814-5-7
A Community Guide to Environmental Health, by Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem,
translated into Mongolian by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, sponsored by Hesperian Foundation, Misereor Foundation and the German-Mongolian Gateway,
Printed in Selenge Press, 2010, 587pp, soft
cover, in Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN 978-99929-65-92-4
Small Directory of Jobs and Occupations,
compiled and edited by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Oyunchimeg Tsedevdamba, Published by the Local Solutions
Foundation, sponsored by The
World Bank, Rural Education Project,
and The World Growth, Printed in Selenge Press,
2010, 288pp, soft cover, in Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN
978-99929-65-86-X
The Green-Eyed Lama novel, by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey Falt,
Admon, 2008, 544pp, soft cover, in Mongolian,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ISBN 978-99929-0-480-1
Nomadic Dialogue by Oyungerel
Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey Falt,
Admon, 2007, 192pp, soft cover, in Mongolian and
English, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia , ISBN 99929-0-267-1
Notes on my study in America,
by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba,
Interpress, 2007, 194pp, soft cover, in
Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia . ISBN
99929-2-020-3
Legal Directory of Mongolia, edited by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, published by
Liberty Center, sponsored by Misereor Foundation,
2003, Ulaanbaatar.
Awards
2015: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ,
awarded by the Minister of Culture of Republic of France
2014: The Order of the Red
Banner for Meritorious Labour Service, awarded by
the President of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
2011: Fun Fearless Writer,
awarded on the basis of t
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Magazine Mongolia.
2011: 2011 Eisenhower Fellow,
awarded by the Eisenhower Fellowships, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2010: The Top Woman Politician,
awarded by The Mongolian Business Women's Association
2010: Co-author of, Best Book of
2010, Green Eyed Lama, awarded by Internom,
Ulaanbaatar
2009: Polar Star order, awarded
by the President of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
2009: Co-author of, Best Book of
2009, Green Eyed Lama, awarded by Internom,
Ulaanbaatar
2009: Longlist of the 2009 Man Asian
Literary Prize for the novel Shadow of the Red
Star (Green Eyed Lama)http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/oyungerel-tsedevdamba/
2008: Co-author of, Best Book of
2008, Green Eyed Lama, awarded by Internom,
Ulaanbaatar 2007: Author of, Best Book of
2007, Note on My Study in America, awarded by Internom,
Ulaanbaatar
2003: Order of Liberty, awarded
by the Mongolian Democratic Union, Ulaanbaatar
2003: Fulbright Fellowship,
Washington D.C.
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