Peljidiin Genden
Peljidiin Genden Пэлжидийн Гэндэн | |
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| 7th First Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party of Mongolia | |
| In office 13 March 1930 – 13 March 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir |
| Succeeded by | Zolbingiin Shijee |
| 2nd Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural | |
| In office 29 November 1924 – 15 November 1927 | |
| General Secretary | Tseren-Ochiryn Dambadorj |
| Preceded by | Navaandorjiin Jadambaa |
| Succeeded by | Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren |
| 9th Prime Minister of Mongolia | |
| In office 2 July 1932 – 22 March 1936 | |
| General Secretary | Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir Jambyn Lkhümbe Dorjjavyn Luvsansharav Khas-Ochiryn Luvsandorj |
| Preceded by | Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav |
| Succeeded by | Anandyn Amar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1892 or 1895 Khujirt, Övörkhangai, Outer Mongolia, Qing China |
| Died | November 26, 1937 (aged 42–45) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (1922–1936) |
Peljidiin Genden (Mongolian: Пэлжидийн Гэндэн; 1892 or 1895 – November 26, 1937) was a Mongolian politician and statesman who served as the first president of Mongolia from 1924 to 1927, and the ninth prime minister of the country from 1932 to 1936.
As one of three MPRP secretaries, Genden was responsible for the swift compulsory implementation of socialist economic policies in the early 1930s. In 1932, he was granted Joseph Stalin's support to become prime minister, but then increasingly resisted pressure from Moscow to liquidate institutional Buddhism and permit increased Soviet influence in Mongolia. His independent temperament, outspokenness (he became famous for fearlessly confronting Stalin during their public meetings in Moscow and was one of the few to stand up to Stalin's strong personality), and growing nationalist sentiments ultimately led to his Soviet-orchestrated purge in March 1936. Accused of conspiring against the revolution and spying for the Japanese, he was executed in Moscow on November 26, 1937.