Then after completing the local middle school in 1982, he studied medicine at the Martin Luther University in Halle from 1984 to 1991.
In the 2000 parliamentary election, he won the constituency no.45 in northwestern Khövsgöl as an independent candidate but entered the Democratic Party in the same year.
The affair culminated in a libel charge against Gündalai and his detention from a plane headed to Seoul in August 2003.
After the controversial establishment of an MPRP-led government in January 2006, he was appointed Minister of Health but ousted in January 2007 after accusations focusing on failed staffing policies, negligence, and inadequate behaviour towards representatives of international organisations.
Also, he is famous for his remarkable quotes, such as "Mongolooroo baigaasai”, " Language has legs" and his catchphrase: "Gundalai ah shigee uuna"