Lieutenant General Jambyn Jamyan (1916-2007)

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From the book "Generals of Mongolia":

Jamyan was born in the former Peasant’s county (now Buyant county) of Khovd province in 1916.

He studied at the Central school of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1937-1938, the Border Guards school in the Soviet Union from 1938-1940 and the Military Academy named after Frunze in Moscow, the Soviet Union from 1945-1947. He also attended the evening classes of the Pedagogical University in Ulaanbaatar from 1948-1951 and the evening classes of the Marx and Lenin institute from 1951-1953. Jamyan also graduated from the Institute of the Communist Party of Soviet Union in Moscow in 1957.

Jamyan was drafted to the military service in 1935. From 1935-1937, Jamyan served as a private at the Uvchuu border guards sub-unit of Uench Border Guard regiment. From 1940-1945, he served as the assistant to and later as the Chief of the Cadre Division of the Border Guard and Internal Troops Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

From 1947-1948, Jamyan served as the Deputy Chief of the Border Guard and Internal Troops Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From 1948-1953, he served as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in charge of the military affairs and Deputy Chief of the Department of the Border Guard and Internal troops. From 1953-1954, Jamyan headed the European Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1957-1958, he worked as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of People’s Inspection and from 1958-1959, he was worked as the Minister for People’s Inspection. He headed the State Control and Inspection Committee under the Council of Ministers from 1959-1972, Chief of the State Board of Civil Defense from 1972-1975, Chair of the Central Council of the Mongolian Society for Assisting the National Defense 1975-1983 and Chair of the Mongolian Veterans Committee from 1983-1987.

Besides the above duties and responsibilities, Jamyan headed the Arbitrary Department of the Mongolian People’s Republic from 1959-1961. He also worked as the First Deputy Director of the Party Control and Inspection Committee under the Central Committee of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party from 1965-1972 and the Chairman of the Mongol-Vietnamese Friendship Union from 1962-1984. Since 1965, he headed the Mongolian Committee to support the struggle of the Vietnamese People and since 1959 he headed the State Harvesting Commission. Jamyan also headed the Mongolian Association of Wrestlers from 1961-1981.

J. Jamyan was bestowed the rank of the Lieutenant General by the Resolution # 414 of the Council of Minister of the Mongolian People’s Republic on October 25, 1972. In 1953, he was also conferred the title of Diplomatic envoy.

Jamyan was elected as the deputy of the People’s Great Khural for 10 times and the member of the Party Control and Inspection Committee under the Central Committee of the MPRP from 15-18 and 20th Conferences of the Party.

For his labor achievements, Lt. General Jamyan was bestowed the title of the Hero of Labor of the Mongolian People’s Republic in 1981 by the Decree of the Presidium of the People’s Great Khural. Jamyan was awarded the Order of Sukhbaatar three times, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor Valor four times, the Order of the Polar Star two times and other Mongolian medals. He was decorated with the Order of the Red Star of the USSR, Order of the National Flag of the DPRK and Order of the Friendship of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Pages 96-97. Book “Generals of Mongolia”. Ulaanbaatar.