Mr. Bagabandi is a two-term former President of Mongolia and first Speaker of Parliament of democratic Mongolia appointed in 1992 leading then Mongolian People’s Revolutionary party (now Mongolian People’s party). From 2010 to 2013, he has served as the first board member of Oyu Tolgoi LLC and was reappointed in September 2016. He received Ph.D in philosophy in 1987 and received Honorary Doctor titles from such prestigious universities of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Japan and the USA. A published scholar and leading politician of the country he has served from 1992-1996 as member of parliament and Speaker, from 1996-1997 as member of parliament and MPRP caucus leader, and from 1997-2005 twice elected President of Mongolia.