About the Ambassador
2023-11-11
SARANTOGOS ERDENETSOGT
Ambassador of Mongolia to Canada
Ms. Sarantogos Erdenetsogt has been a career diplomat since 1997. On October 13, 2023, she presented her letter of credence to Governor General of Canada Mary Simon.
Prior to this, Ms. Sarantogos served as Ambassador of Mongolia to the Republic of Korea. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ulaanbaatar, she was the Director-General of the Asia and the Pacific Department from 2017 and Director-General of the Policy Planning and Coordination Department from 2016. Ms. Sarantogos served in the Embassy of Mongolia in Japan on several occasions on the positions of the Minister Counsellor/Deputy Chief of Mission, Economic Counsellor and Third Secretary. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she started her career as an officer and then worked as Third Secretary, Second Secretary and First Secretary in the Asia Department as well as the Department of Policy Planning.
For her significant contributions to the foreign service of Mongolia, Ms. Sarantogos was conferred the Order of the Polar Star of Mongolia in 2016 by the the President of Mongolia. She received the Executive Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement from University of Adelaide as well as the Awards of Japan’s Foreign Minister upon winning Japanese Language Speech Contests among diplomats in Japan.
Ms. Sarantogos holds post graduate diplomas in applied economics (University of Adelaide, Australia) and in international relations (Waseda University, Japan). She graduated the School of Foreign Services, National University of Mongolia, with the Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Red Diploma) and the Secondary School with Golden Medal.
In addition to her native Mongolian, Ms. Sarantogos is fluent in Japanese, English and Russian. She likes reading and listening to music in her spare time.
She is married to Tserenbadral and has son Bilguun and daughter Khulan.