Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun
Sanjaasuren Oyuun | |
|---|---|
Санжаасүрэнгийн Оюун | |
Oyuun in 2010 | |
| Chairwoman of the Civil Will Party | |
| In office 9 March 2000 – 12 March 2012 | |
| Chairwoman of the Civil Will–Green Party | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1964 Ulan-Bator, Mongolian People's Republic |
| Political party | Civil Will–Green Party |
| Profession | President of the United Nations Environment Assembly, Geologist |
Sanjaasuren Oyun (Mongolian: Санжаасүрэнгийн Оюун), also transcribed S. Oyun, is a Mongolian politician and geologist. She is the leader of the Civil Will Party, is the former Minister of Environment and Green Development, and has been a Member of Parliament of Mongolia (State Great Khural) since 1998. She is also a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and is the current head of the Zorig Foundation. Now she is new head of Global Water Partnership GWP. In 2003, Eisenhower Fellowships awarded Oyun a fellowship program in the United States. In 2006, Oyun was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF). She has been an active member of the YGL community since. On June 24, 2014, Oyun was elected the first president of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).