Damdin Sükhbaatar

Damdin Sükhbaatar (2 February 1893 – 20 February 1923) was a Mongolian communist revolutionary, founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolian partisan army that took Khüree during the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921. For his part in the Outer Mongolian revolution of 1921, he was enshrined as the "Father of Mongolia's Revolution".

Damdin Sükhbaatar
Дамдины Сүхбаатар
ᠳᠠᠮᠳᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ
Sükhbaatar c.1920–22
Minister of War
In office
11 July 1921  20 February 1923
MonarchBogd Khan
Succeeded byKhatanbaatar Magsarjav
Commander-in-Chief of the Mongolian People's Army
In office
9 February 1921  20 February 1923
MonarchBogd Khan
Succeeded byKhorloogiin Choibalsan
Personal details
BornFebruary 2, 1893
Khuree, Qing Empire
(now Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Died20 February 1923(1923-02-20) (aged 30)
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
SpouseYanjmaa Sukhbaatar
OccupationMilitary leader, independence movement
Military service
Allegiance Bogd Khaanate of Mongolia
Branch/serviceMongolian People's Army
Years of service1911–23
RankCommander
Battles/warsMongolian Revolution of 1921
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