Nyamosor Tuya served as Mongolia’s first woman Foreign Minister in 1998-2000. In 2000, she briefly served as Mongolia’s Acting Prime Minister in a caretaker government. Tuya was an active promoter of Mongolia’s engagement with multilateral economic and security cooperation processes in the Asia-Pacific region and of a more visible role for Mongolia in regional affairs. After leaving office, she continued to work on regional issues at Track 1.5 and Track 2 levels as a member of the Mongolian Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) and the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (APLN). In 2010, she briefly was back in government to represent Mongolia at the 2010 NPT Review Conference. Tuya’s non-governmental activities include advisory roles in civil society organizations, consultancy, and teaching. Tuya actively participated in Mongolia’s pro-democracy movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, working on political party development, democracy education, and women’s participation. Tuya is fluent in English, French, and Russian and has studied political science and international relations in Russia, the U.K., and the U.S.A. She also studied French culture and civilization at the Sorbonne.