Mining Minister D.Sumiyabazar has been elected as secretary general of the capital city’s committee of the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) at a congress. D.Sumiyabazar won 50.4 percent of the votes from the 369 MPP party members, who attended the party’s congress on Friday and Saturday to discuss internal. His opponent S.Batbold lost by only three votes.

The capital city’s MPP committee has been ruled by a substitute for over a year after Ts.Sandui stood down from the job.

D. Sumiyabazar has been serving as Minister of the Mining and Heavy Industry since October last year.