Nyamtaishiryn Nomtoibayar

Nyamtaishiryn Nomtoibayar
Нямтайширын Номтойбаяр
Nomtoibayar in 2024
Minister of Labour and Social Protection
In office
8 July 2016 – 7 September 2017
Prime MinisterJargaltulgyn Erdenebat
Preceded byGaridkhuugiin Bayarsaikhan
Succeeded byAyuushiin Ariunzaya
Leader of the National Coalition
Assumed office
19 January 2024
Member of the State Great Khural
Assumed office
2 July 2024
ConstituencyClosed list
In office
6 July 2012 – 30 June 2020
Constituency15th, Dornod Province
(2016–2020)
7th, Dornod Province
(2012-2016)
Personal details
Born (1978-07-02) 2 July 1978
PartyNational Coalition
(2024–Present)
Other political
affiliations
Mongolian People's Party (Until 2020)
Alma materValparaiso University
HTW Berlin
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford

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]

Political career

Nomtoibayar was a member of the Mongolian People's Party. 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Нямтайширын Номтойбаяр". Parliament.mn - Монгол Улсын Их Хурал (in Mongolian). Archived from the original on 2025-07-10. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  2. ^ "Үе үеийн сайдууд". Хөдөлмөр, нийгмийн хамгааллын яам (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  3. ^ "Mongolian Parliament Ousts PM in Latest Reshuffle". Voice of America. 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  4. ^ "Н.Номтойбаярыг МАН-ААС ГАРГАЛАА". news.zindaa.mn.
  5. ^ "Arrest of Political Candidates Raise Democracy Concerns in Mongolia". Mongolia Weekly. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  6. ^ Б.Анхтуяа (2020-07-09). "Controversial MP sentenced to over five years in prison". News.MN. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  7. ^ Б.Анхтуяа (2021-04-01). "Controversial MP N.Nomtoibayar released from prison". News.MN. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  8. ^ Naranchuluun, Greensoft- (2015-07-01). "Монголын ногоон нам, МҮАН-уудын нэгдэл Үндэсний эвсэл-ийн даргаар УИХ-ын гишүүн асан Н.Номтойбаярыг сонгожээ". greensoft.mn (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2025-08-22.