Odbayar Erdenetsogt () is a Mongolian diplomat who has been serving as the incumbent Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Mongolia, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, since 2021.
He previously served as the first executive director of the International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries.
Career Odbayar was educated in Dresden, Germany, from 1992 and earned a master's degree in international relations from the Technical University of Dresden in 2006.
He joined Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that year, first serving in the European Department, and served at the Mongolian Embassy to Germany from 2009 to 2012.
From 2012 he was acting director of the International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries in Ulaanbaatar. In 2016, he concurrently served as an ambassador-at-large in the foreign ministry of Mongolia.
Following the entry into force of the Multilateral Agreement of the ITTLLDC, he was officially appointed as the Executive Director of the Think Tank in 2018.
On 28 June 2021, President Khürelsükh appointed him as Foreign Policy Adviser of the President.
In July 2023, he met Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, during the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in Rome.
During the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2024, he told TRT World that Western sanctions on Russia were indirectly harming Mongolia's trade.
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