Oyungerel Tsedevdamba


Oyungerel Tsedevdamba is policy advisor for human rights and public participation to the President of Mongolia, Khaltmaagiin Battulga. Oyungerel is a member of the Democratic Party and former minister of culture, tourism and sports, as well as a former member of the Mongolian Parliament. She is known for her human rights work.

Education

Oyungerel attended Stanford and Yale Universities. She was Stanford's first Mongolian student, enrolling in 2003 at age 36 in the master’s program in international policy studies.

Career

Oyungerel's work has including helping pass laws addressing domestic violence and protecting cultural heritage sites, home to Mongolian indigenous people, as well as working to stop smugglers from illegally removing dinosaur fossils from Mongolia. Her interest in dinosaurs began in 2006 with a visit to the American Museum of Natural History, which displayed Mongolian dinosaur fossils the guide said would be returned to Mongolia if the country had a museum to display them.
In 2009, her book Shadow of the Red Star was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.

Personal life

Oyungerel has two children.