Zorig Foundation
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| Formation | October 1998 |
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| Focus | Humanitarian |
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Region served | Mongolia |
Key people | Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun (Founder) |
| Website | www.zorigsan.mn www.facebook.com/zorigfoundation |
| Affiliated with Zorig Foundation USA and Zorig Foundation Japan | |
Zorig Foundation (Mongolian: Зориг Сан) is a Mongolian nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) established in October 1998 after the assassination of Mongolian pro-democracy politician Zorig Sanjaasuren. The Zorig Foundation stated that its goal was to spread democratic values in Mongolia.
Zorig Sanjaasuren (1962–1998) was a prominent Mongolian politician and leader of the country's 1990 democratic revolution.[1] He is called the "Golden Magpie of Democracy" (Mongolian: Ардчиллын алтан хараацай, Ardchillyn altan kharaatsai).[2] He was murdered in 1998; his murder case is still unsolved. After his death, his sister, Oyun, entered politics and founded the Civil Will Party along with the Zorig Foundation.[3]