Nyamtaishiryn Nomtoibayar
Mongolian politician (born 1978)
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Nyamtaishiryn Nomtoibayar (Mongolian: Нямтайширын Номтойбаяр; born 2 July 1978) is a Mongolian politician.[1] He was elected as a member of the State Great Khural in 2012, 2016, and then again in 2024. He also served as Minister of Labour and Social Protection from 2016 to 2017.[2]
Nyamtaishiryn Nomtoibayar | |
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Нямтайширын Номтойбаяр | |
Nomtoibayar in 2024 | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Protection | |
| In office 8 July 2016 – 7 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat |
| Preceded by | Garidkhuugiin Bayarsaikhan |
| Succeeded by | Ayuushiin Ariunzaya |
| Leader of the National Coalition | |
| Assumed office 19 January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Member of the State Great Khural | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Closed list |
| In office 6 July 2012 – 30 June 2020 | |
| Constituency | 15th, Dornod Province (2016–2020) 7th, Dornod Province (2012–2016) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1978 |
| Party | National Coalition (since 2024) |
Other political affiliations | Mongolian People's Party (until 2020) |
| Valparaiso University HTW Berlin University of Cambridge University of Oxford | |
Political career
Nomtoibayar was a member of the Mongolian People's Party (MPP). He was first elected as a member of parliament in the 2012 parliamentary election, and later was re-elected in the 2016 parliamentary election. He was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Protection for the cabinet of Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat on 8 July 2016. He served as Labour Minister until September 2017, when Prime Minister Erdenebat resigned after losing a motion of no confidence.[3]
Nomtoibayar was re-elected to the State Great Khural in the 2016 parliamentary election, where the MPP won a supermajority. However, his disagreements with other MPP members and unparliamentary behavior would lead to his expulsion from the ruling party in January 2020.[4] He unsuccessfully ran as an independent in the 2020 parliamentary election.[5]
On 9 July 2020, when legal proceedings for several former ministers and politicians began, he was arrested and sentenced to 5 years and 5 months in prison after being found guilty of abusing power as Labour Minister back in 2017.[6] He was released from prison on 1 April 2021, after serving a total of nine months.[7]
For his bid in the 2024 elections, Nomtoibayar formed the National Coalition with the Mongolian Green Party and the Mongolian National Democratic Party on 19 January 2024.[8] The coalition won 4 out of 126 seats in the 2024 parliamentary elections. As of October 2025, he serves as an opposition member of the State Great Khural and leader of the National Coalition.[1]