Jamsrangiin Sambuu was the chairman of the presidium of the Mongolian People's Republic People's Great Khural from 1954 to 1972. He was effectively president of Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

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Sambuu was born in what is now Büren

Büren, Töv

Büren is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia. The Bulangaa settlement is SE from Büren sum center....

 sum of Töv aimag

Töv Province

Töv is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. The national capital Ulaanbaatar is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality.- Geography :...

 in 1895. He served as minister for agriculture and finance minister. In 1945 he published a well-known book, Advice to Herdsmen. He was a prominent diplomat and Mongolian ambassador to the Soviet Union during World War II. He won the Lenin Peace Prize

Lenin Peace Prize

The International Lenin Peace Prize was the Soviet Union's equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize, named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. It was awarded by a panel appointed by the Soviet government, to notable individuals whom the panel indicated had "strengthened peace among peoples"...

 in 1965.

Sambuu died on 20 May 1972 at the age of 77.