President’s Profile

ABCP President Gabju Demberel Choijamts

Gabju D. Choijamts served as the Chief Khambo of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery – the Center of Mongolian Buddhists from 20 October 1992 to 15 October 2023 and on 14 June 2021 he was given the title of XXIX Khambo Nomun Khan by the Mongoilan President Khaltmaagiin Battulag.

Education:

1959-1969, Secondary school No. 22, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

1970-1976, University of Mongolian Buddhism (currently Zanabazar Buddhist University), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

1983-1986, Buddhist Philosophy at the University of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

Work experience:

1986-1990, Vice-Khambo (Abbot) of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery, the Center of Mongolian Buddhists

1990-1993, Member of Parliament of Mongolia

1991-1992, Da Lama (Third Ranking Lama of Mongolian Buddhists) of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery, the Center of Mongolian Buddhists

Since 1992, Chief Khambo of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery – the Center Mongolian Buddhists.

Other assignments:

President of the Asian Buddhists Conference for Peace (A UN ECOSOC registered organization with consultative status, headquartered in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)

Patron of International Buddhists Confederation (Based in India)

President of World Buddhists Summit (Based in Japan)