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Jasrai was born in 1933 in the Bugat sum of the Govi-Altai Province. In 1950 he graduated from high school in Tonkhil district of Govi-Altai Province. He then worked for six years as Education inspector from 1950 to 1956. During this time he joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) in 1951. In 1961 he graduated from the Moscow Higher School of Economics with a degree in agricultural economics. From 1970 to 1975, he served as chairman of the State Prices Committee. In 1973 he was elected a deputy of the People's Great Hural for the first of four times from 1973 to 1986. From 1976 to 1978, he was head of the planning and finance department of the MPRP Central Committee. In 1978 he became first deputy chairman of the State Planning Commission and in 1984 he was appointed deputy charman of the Council of Ministers. In 1988 he became first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers. He became a candidate member of the Politburo in 1989.