Damdin Sükhbaatar
Damdin Sükhbaatar Дамдины Сүхбаатар ᠳᠠᠮᠳᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ | |
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Sükhbaatar c. 1920–22 | |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 11 July 1921 – 20 February 1923 | |
| Monarch | Bogd Khan |
| Succeeded by | Khatanbaatar Magsarjav |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Mongolian People's Army | |
| In office 9 February 1921 – 20 February 1923 | |
| Monarch | Bogd Khan |
| Succeeded by | Khorloogiin Choibalsan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 2, 1893 Khuree, Outer Mongolia, Qing Empire (now Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) |
| Died | 20 February 1923 (aged 30) Niislel Khüree, Bogd Khanate of Mongolia |
| Spouse | Yanjmaa Sukhbaatar |
| Occupation | Military leader, independence movement |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Bogd Khaanate of Mongolia |
| Branch/service | Mongolian People's Army |
| Years of service | 1911–1923 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Mongolian Revolution of 1921 |
Damdin Sükhbaatar (2 February 1893 – 20 February 1923) was a Mongolian revolutionary, founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolian partisan army that took Khüree during the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. For his part in the Mongolian revolution of 1921, he was enshrined as the "Father of Mongolia's Revolution".