Towards the summit

Like many other countries which had been communist till the end of the Cold War, Mongolia has an eventful and emotional history, and nowadays it seems that the best is yet to come: Still being a young democracy, the country has one of the highest economic growths in the world, while having a maturing and more and more confident democratic government. The prime minister himself, Norovyn Altankhuyag, draws the modern history of his country from his own point of view: Being born in 1958, he witnessed a simple life in rural Mongolia and made his way to being a physicist at university. It was not until the peaceful revolution in 1990, that brought Mongolia democracy, that he turned himself into politics. With Towards the Summit he remembers his way, both private and professional life, from a young boy to one of Mongolia’s most famous politicians – always believing that Mongolia’s potential for offering a happy live to everyone is only at the beginning…