Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar

Sumiyabazar Dolgorsüren (Долгорсүрэнгийн Сумъяабазар, Sumiyabazar Dolgorsuren, [tɔːɮɢɔrsureːŋgiːŋ sʊmiaːpat͡sar]; also referred to as Sumiyabazar Dolgorsuren; born 7 January 1974) is a Mongolian politician and former freestyle wrestler.

He is former Governor of the Capital City and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar and the Chairman of the Capital City MPP Committee.

He was elected to the Parliament of Mongolia three times, served as a Member of Cabinet and Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry once.

In freestyle wrestling, he represented Mongolia in the Olympic Games and was a Mongolian national Bökh (wrestling) champion.

Sumiyabazar was born in the family of Dolgorsuren Donrov, on 7 October 1974.

He has three brothers, all were successful wrestlers.

Sumiyabazar's childhood was filled with athletic success.

His father, Dolgorsuren Donrov is also a Mongolian national Bökh (wrestler) with the national zaan (elephant, Semi-final in National Naadam Wrestling) rank.

From 1987 to 1988, Sumiyabazar started training at the children's sport center “Soyol”, located in Bayangol District formerly known as Okyabriyn neighborhood, where his teachers where the People's Teacher and freestyle wrestling coach Mr. Damdinsharav Ch.

and Mr. Ganbaatar N.

Talking about his coach Ganbaatar, Sumiyabazar has said “Coach Damdinsharav left to work in Inner Mongolia and thus handed me over to coach Ganbaatar.

In September of that year, when I joined the youth wrestling team, the foundation for my wrestling career formed.

Initially, I used to wrestle standing on my right side but coach Ganbaatar changed it to my left side thus changing my wrestling technique 100%”.

Sumiyabazar finished 77th Secondary School of the Capital City in 1991.

Sumiyabazar Dolgorsuren, after hearing advice from his coaches who said, “You don't need to rush into national wrestling”, did not start his national wrestling career until 1994 which was considered late compared to others.

He later recalled “I would get caught wrestling in secret somewhere and would be scolded by my teachers.

But until 1994, I consistently practiced my wrestling spending nearly 7 years in the yellow sports ground to the point where I could intuitively feel most of my opponent’s wrestling moves”.

1996-2000 – National freestyle wrestling champion and gold medalist/champion in the “Mongolgobi” international competition,

1996 – Silver medalist in the Asian division of the Freestyle Wrestling Championship Games,

1996, 2000 – Participated in the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games,

One of the significant highlights of Mongolian wrestling history is the wrestling match of the Naadam of 1997 where Sumiyabazar along with his brothers Sugarragchaa Dolgorsuren, nachin rank wrestler Serjbudee Dolgorsuren, Dagvadorj Dolgorsuren (retired Yokozuna in sumo who used the name Asashōryū Akinori) and father Dolgorsuren Donrov all wrestled together.

Furthermore, he was elected as the Vice President of the Mongolian Freestyle Wrestling Federation and represented Mongolia at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games.

1997 - East Asian Games gold medalist,

1998 – Successfully participated in the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships and was name of the top 10 wrestlers in the world,

1998 – Award-winning place in the multiple World Championships,

1998 – Silver medalist in the Asian Games in addition to winning silver and bronze from international competitions in Turkey, Iran, Germany, Bulgaria, and Greece.

In 2003 Sumiyabazar appointed as the General Director of “ABC Development” LLC.

Afterwards, he graduated from the Mongolian University of Science and Technology with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 2005.

He is a national wrestling champion (Avarga title from National Naadam Wrestling), Asian Games silver medalist, Asian Championship silver medalist, East Asian Games gold medalist, and international master of freestyle wrestling.

After 12 years, in 2006 During the Naadam festivities for the 800th anniversary of the Mongolian Empire, 85th anniversary of the People's Revolution, where 1024 wrestlers participated in the national wrestling match, Sumiyabazar won 10 rounds and was named a national wrestling champion.

Afterwards in 2006 he is appointed as the chairman of the board of directors for the National Investment Bank of Mongolia.

National Investment Bank of Mongolia (NIBank) provides comprehensive services of a commercial bank and contributes to the economic stability in a way of participating in foreign and domestic financial markets to establish capital sources and finance large scale projects.

After receiving the national wrestling champion title in 2006, Sumiyabazar Dolgorsuren ended his sports career and officially began his political career in 2008.

Subsequently, in 2008, he was elected to the City Council from the MPP giving him the chance to represent Songinokhairkhan District in the city council.

Additionally, for the first time ever the MPP Steering Committee established the role of Secretary in Charge of the Capital City and appointed Sumiyabazar, which distinguishes his career from the rest.

In 2013 he nominated from the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) in the 26th parliamentary constituency and elected as a Member of Parliament and ended his business career.

In the 2020 local elections, Sumiyabazar led the Capital City MPP Committee to a landslide victory, after which he decided to resign from his position as a third-time Member of Parliament to lead the capital city as Governor and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar.

Thus, he is one of few Mongolian politicians who has made non-standard decisions in terms of resigning from his MP position to become Mayor of the capital city.

This resulted in him giving up his MP protection whilst taking up more political risks and responsibilities.

He is the first Mongolian politician in history to relinquish his parliamentary privileges to take over an executive branch, working under the slogan “Towards the development of the new Ulaanbaatar City”.