page_title: Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: Khatanbaatar Magsarjav Монгол: mn:Хатанбаатар Магсаржав - ерөнхий сайд, генерал 中文（简体）‎: 哈丹巴特尔·马克思尔扎布 中文（繁體）‎: 哈丹巴特爾·馬克思爾扎布
context_page_description: The Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar was a high Buddhist incarnation from northwestern Mongolia who played a prominent role in the country's independence movement in 1911–1912. He served as Prime Minister twice; first in 1921 as part of the Bogd Khan puppet government established by Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, and again from 1922 to 1923 under the revolutionary government of the Mongolian People's Party.
context_section_description: Damdinbazar supported Mongolian independence as early as 1900 during the military rebellion in Uliastai. From 1911 to 1912 he publicly campaigned for Mongolia's independence from Chinese rule. He was appointed Minister for the Pacification of the Western Border Areas during the Bogd Khanate and together with Khatanbaatar Magsarjav, Manlaibaatar Damdinsüren, Togtokh Taij, and Ja Lama took part in the liberation of Khovd. In recognition of his leadership he was awarded the honorable title Samadi Nomun Khan in 1912.
  As a representative of the Bogd Khan's government, he traveled several times to Beijing to voice Mongolian concerns and demands.  He was part of a delegation in 1919 that established contact with the American Consul in Kalgan with a letter from the Bogd Khan inviting the U.S. to open a consulate in the newly renamed Mongolian capital Niislel Khüree.
  After the Chinese occupied Niislel Khüree in 1919,  Damdinbazar became an official under the Chinese Minister Chen Yi while the Bogd Khan was placed under house arrest. He then served as Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior in the Mongolian government established by the Bogd Khan on February 22, 1921 after capture of Niislel Khuree by Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.
  Damdinbazar ignored approaches made to him by Mongolian revolutionary forces in spring 1921 and withdrew from public service after Baron Ungern was defeated by the Soviet Red Army and Mongolian revolutionary forces under Damdin Sükhbaatar in July 1921. Later that year, however, he was contacted by Comintern agents and agreed to oppose White movement forces in Western Mongolia.  He then joined forces with Khatanbaatar Magsarjav in Uliastai in the campaign against the Whites.
caption: Khatanbaatar Magsarjav
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