Today (30 August) as many as 21 ministers took oath in a major Cabinet expansion-cum-reshuffle.  10 new faces were added to Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene’s new Cabinet. Therefore, the Cabinet has 4 functional Ministry and 12 Ministers as well as 12 Minister without portfolio.

Recently, the Constitutional Court of Mongolia voided the Article 39.1 of the Constitution that imposes limit on number of MPs working in Government as Ministers. A mem­ber of par­lia­ment (MP) is the po­lit­i­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the vot­ers to a par­lia­ment while a Min­is­ter is a politi­cian who holds a sig­nif­i­cant pub­lic of­fice in parliament.

The list of Ministers follows;

Chief Cabinet Secretary D.Amarbayasgalan

Minister without portfolio:

• Deputy Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan
• Minister in charge of Ulaanbaatar city and traffic congestion J.Sukhbaatar
• Minister of Sport and Olympisim B.Bat-Erdene
• Minister in charge of Revival of Border Ports /undecided/

Functional:

• Minister of Economy and Development Ch. Khurelbaatar
• Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg
• Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan
• Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs Kh.Nyambaatar

Departmentally:

• Minister of Environment and Tourism B.Bat-Erdene
• Minister of Defense G.Saikhanbayar
• Minister of Education and Science of Mongolia L.Enkh-Amgalan
• Minister of Road and Transportation Development S.Byambatsogt
• Minister of Culture Ch.Nomin
• Minister of Mining and Heavy Industries J.Ganbaatar
• Minister for Labour and Social Protection D.Sarangerel
• Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industries Kh.Bolorchuluun
• Minister of Digital Development and Communication Kh.Uchral
• Minister of Energy B.Choijilsuren
• Minister of Health S.Enkhbold
• Minister of Construction and Urban Development B.Munkhbaatar