Natsagiin Udval (Mongolian: Нацагийн Удвал; born 5 March 1954) is a Mongolian politician. She has served as the secretary general of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party since 2010. Udval also served as the Health Minister of the Altankhuyag cabinet from 2012 to 2014. She was a candidate for the 2013 presidential election, being the first woman to do so.[1][2][3] Udval supports former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar who is in prison on corruption charges.[4]
Career
Incumbent president Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, candidate of the Democratic Party, won the 2013 presidential election on 26 June 2013 with 50.23% of the total vote while the Mongolian People's Party candidate Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene got 41.97%, and Natsagiin Udval got 6.5% respectively.[5][6]
As health minister, Udval's only notable work has been a change to the prisoners' medical treatment rule which allowed former President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, who was convicted of corruption charges, to spend less than a month in prison and spend most of his two and a half year jail term as a patient at the Second General Hospital, where high-ranking government officials are medically treated.[7]
References
- ↑ "New Senior Officials appointed at Ministry of Health". www.wpro.who.int. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ↑ "Three Candidates to Run for Mongolia Presidency". wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ↑ "First female candidate to run for Mongolian presidency". xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ↑ Namjilsangarav, Ganbat (26 June 2013). "Mongolian President wins re-election". The Globe and Mail (AP). Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ↑ D., Tsetseg (June 27, 2013). "It is announced that Ts.Elbegdorj won by preliminary result". shuud.mn (in Mongolian). Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Incumbent Mongolian president wins 2nd term on pro-Western, anti-graft platform". Washington Post. Washington. June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ D., Chinguun. "N.Enkhbayar, a prisoner or an "honorable" patient of health sector?". time.mn (in Mongolian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.