An important session of the State Great Khural (Parliament) session began late last night (22.00pm) and ended in the early hours of this morning (03.00am on Thursday 21^st July). Parliament backed the issue of reading the bills for renewing the cabinet structure and composition, presented Wednesday by Prime Minister J.Erdenebat. During the session, the MPs approved the appointment of the Secretary General of the Parliament Secretariat and the President of the Bank of Mongolia.

The bills set out that the new cabinet will have 16 members, including the Prime Minister, the Deputy PM, the Minister of Mongolia (the head of Cabinet Secretariat) and the affiliated ministers.

The composition of the new Cabinet is as follows:

• Prime Minister
• Deputy PM
• Minister of Mongolia, head of Cabinet Secretariat
• Minister of  Environment and Tourism
• Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Minister of  Finance
• Minister of Justice and Domestic Affairs
• Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
• Minister of Defence
• Minister of Construction and Urban Development
• Minister of Education Culture Sciences and Sports
• Minister of Roads and Transport
• Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry
• Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry
• Minister of Energy
• Minister of Health.