Sükhbaataryn_Yanjmaa
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa
Mongolian politician (1894–1962)
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa (Mongolian: Сүхбаатарын Янжмаа, spelled Sykebaatariin Janƶimaa between 1931 and 1941, [suxˈbaːt(ə)riŋ jɑnd͡ʒˈmaː]; born Nemendeyen Yanjmaa, Mongolian: Нэмэндэен Янжмаа; 15 February 1893 – 1 May 1962) was a Mongolian politician. As Chairwoman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural, she became the second woman in history to be a non-hereditary head of state after Khertek Anchimaa-Toka of Tannu Tuva, and the first in a sovereign country. She was the widow of Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sükhbaatar.[1]