[1] His eldest son, Batshugar Enkhbayar is a member of the State Great Khural from Mongolian People's Party.

Mongolia voted to retain former communist MPRP during its first venture into democratic elections, and Enkhbayar was appointed to serve as the country's Minister of Culture.

[8] In 1999, the country was hit by one of its infamous zud spells, when summer drought and cold weather blizzards resulted in severe food shortages and loss of thousands of livestock.

He initiated an ambitious Millennium Road project to connect Mongolian territory from east to west.

International exposure of Mongolia's vast mineral resources led to the economy experiencing 10% real GDP growth in 2004.

[15] In the 2009 Mongolian presidential election, incumbent president Enkhbayar was defeated by Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of Democratic Party.

[25] United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a phone call to President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj expressing concern over Enkhbayar's health.

United States Senator Dianne Feinstein expressed to the U.S.Senate her pleasure for Enkhbayar's release on bail and said "For any democracy, due process and the rule of law are essential.

It stated that the official documents sent from the Prosecutor's Office and Sukhbaatar District Court of Ulaanbaatar required the rejection of Enkhbayar's application pending the case.

[27] However, Enkhbayar and his lawyers argue that the incumbent president, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, who took office in 2009, engineered the corruption case to keep him from running in the coming elections.

The election authorities' denial of Enkhbayar's candidacy on 6 June, they say, violates his constitutional right to be considered innocent until proven guilty.

[28] On 2 August 2012, after a three-day trial Sukhbaatar District Court convicted Enkhbayar of corruption and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, three of which was pardoned and then gave four years prison term and fined with over MNT 1.7 billion for misusing state properties and government power.