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Zorig Foundation

Mongolian non-profit NGO

Field	Value
name	Zorig Foundation
formation
image	Zorig Foundation logo.jpg
location	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
key_people	Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun (Founder)
area_served	Mongolia
focus	Humanitarian
homepage	www.zorigsan.mn www.facebook.com/zorigfoundation
footnotes	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.

History

Zorig Sanjaasuren (1962–1998) was a prominent Mongolian politician and leader of the country's 1990 democratic revolution. He is called the "Golden Magpie of Democracy" (Mongolian: Ардчиллын алтан хараацай, Ardchillyn altan kharaatsai). 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.

Projects

Zorig Foundation runs two notable programs: the Young Leadership Program (YLP) and the Environmental Fellowship Program (EFP).

The Zorig Foundation provides scholarships to Mongolian students studying domestically. Each scholarship is provided through a partnership with the Foundation and various organizations and companies, such as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Rio Tinto, and The Asia Foundation.

Organizational structure

The head of the foundation is Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun, a Mongolian politician who is also the Director of External Affairs at the Green Climate Fund. Its current executive director is Maralmaa Munkh-Achit. The foundation auditing board's members are as follows: Bold M., Solongo J., and Sukhbaatar D.

References

Rossabi, Morris. Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Communists. 2005, University of California Press paperback, 2. {{ISBN. 0-520-24419-2
"Sights in Ulaanbaatar".
Beetham, David. (2007). "Parliament and democracy in the twenty-first century: a guide to good practice". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
"Zorig Background Sheet".
(29 September 2011). "The Asia Foundation, Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation and Zorig Foundation Award Scholarships to Mongolian Women".
(August 2025). ["Foundation 10 Year Report"](http://zorigfoundation.org/web/wp-content/uploads/.../Tenyearreport.doc }}{{Dead link).
Gardi. Badruun

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