Born March 30, 1963 Elbegdorj Tsakhia is the 4th and current President of Mongolia. He won the election on May 24, 2009 and was sworn into office on June 18, 2009. He was the candidate of the Democratic Party, thus he became Mongolia's first president to never have been a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.

Elbegdorj has been the Prime Minister of Mongolia twice, the vice speaker of the Parliament of Mongolia once, the majority leader of the parliament once, and a member of parliament four times. He is known as a pro-democracy, libertarian politician. Elbegdorj is also the founder of the "Ardchilal" newspaper, which means "democracy" in English.