L.Purevsuren is the President’s new his advisor on foreign policy, in succession to Ts.Sukhbaatar who has been named Ambassador to China. Purevsuren graduated from Moscow's State Institute of International Relations in 1989, majoring in Western European affairs. He worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a translator in the Embassy of Germany to Mongolia, and also as First Secretary at the Mongolian Embassy in Germany. Since 2000, he has been First Secretary and Counselor in the European Department of the Ministry. Purevsuren speaks English, German and Russian.