Puntsagiin Jasrai

Puntsagiin Jasrai (; 26 November 1933 – 25 October 2007) was a Mongolian politician and economist. He was the prime minister of Mongolia from 21 July 1992 to 19 July 1996, the first democratically elected prime minister after the ratification of the 1992 Constitution.

Education and early career Jasrai was born in 1933 in the sum (district) of Bugat in the Govi-Altai Province. In 1950, he graduated from high school in Tonkhil, Govi-Altai. He then worked for six years as an education inspector from 1950 to 1956. In 1951, he joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), the sole legal party of the Mongolian People's Republic.

Following the fall of communism in 1990, along with Chairman of the Council of Ministers Jambyn Batmönkh, Jasrai resigned from the government and the politburo of the MPRP and became president of the Association of Mongolian Production and Services Cooperatives. In this role, he made several consultative visits to foreign countries, establishing important contacts to support the development of Mongolia's economy. He was characterized as straightforward and honest.