Sanjaasürengiin Zorig

Sanjaasürengiin Zorig (Mongolian: Санжаасүрэнгийн Зориг; 20 April 1962 – 2 October 1998) was a Mongolian politician who played a prominent role in leading the country's 1990 Democratic Revolution. His supporters called him the "Golden Swallow of Democracy" (Mongolian: Ардчиллын алтан хараацай, ardchillyn altan kharaatsai). He served as the chairman of the Mongolian Democratic Union, a pro-democracy non-governmental organization established in December 1989. After the 1990 Democratic Revolution, he was elected as a deputy to the People's Great Khural from the Mongolian Democratic Party in Mongolia's first free and fair elections. Later, after Mongolia adopted its fourth constitution, Zorig was elected twice to the newly established State Great Khural in 1992 and 1996. Between April and October 1998, he served as Minister of Infrastructure in the cabinet of Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. On 2 October 1998, at the age of 38, Zorig was assassinated at his home. After his death, his sister Oyuun entered politics to fill his vacant parliamentary seat and later founded the Civic Will Party in 2000.

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