Dogsomyn Bodoo
| Dogsomyn Bodoo Догсомын Бодоо |
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| Prime Minister of Mongolia | |
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In office April 16, 1921 – January 7, 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Dambyn Chagdarjav |
| Succeeded by | Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar |
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1 July 1895 Mandshir Hutagt, Töv Province, Mongolia |
| Died | 31 August 1922 (aged 27) Khüree |
Dogsomyn Bodoo (Mongolian: Догсомын Бодоо; July 1, 1895 – August 31, 1922) was a prominent early 20th century Mongolian politician who was one of the founding members of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He was elected leader of the provisional revolutionary government and following the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921 became the country's first Prime Minister from July 1921 to January 1922. A power struggle led to his resignation on January 7, 1922. He was subsequently charged with treason for conspiring to overthrow the government, and was executed on August 31, 1922.
Bodoo was born in 1895 in Mandshir Hutagt in present-day Töv Province. He obtained his elementary education at the Manjusri Monastery and then studied at the Mongolian Language and Literature School in Khüree (present-day Ulan Bator). He later became a scribe at the Shaviyn Yaam (religious affairs office) and then a Mongolian Language teacher at the Russian-Mongolian School for Translators. He was literate in Mongolian, Tibetan, Manchu and Chinese. He became the Khüree representative of the Harbin newspaper Mongolyn Sonin Bichig and, under the pseudonym Bold or Bo, correspondent and editor of Shine Tol' and Niislel Hüreeniy Sonin Bichig newspapers.
Exposed to Russian Bolshevism through his contacts and acquaintances at the Russian consulate, Bodoo founded the secret anti-Chinese resistance and revolutionary organization Konsulyn Denj (Консулын дэнж or Consular Hill group) after the occupation of Khüree by the Chinese general Xu Shuzheng in late 1919. Other members of the group included Dambyn Chagdarjav, Darizavyn Losol, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan, who acted as Bodoo's Russian interpreter. Encouraged by contacts at the Russian consulate, Bodoo's group eventually merged with another resistance group Züün Hüree whose membership included Soliin Danzan, Dansrabilegiin Dogsom, and Damdin Sükhbaatar. On June 25, 1920, the new organization renamed itself the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP).
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