During Friday`s plenary session meeting of Parliament the issue of the appointment of Deputy Speaker was discussed. However MPP members suggested to delay the appointment of Deputy Speaker until a new MP was elected from the revote in Songinokhairkhan. Speaker Z.Enkhbold said there was no need to delay so the discussion was held.

Views and opinions on the issues that were discussed in previous meetings continued.

After MP’s finished their exchange, a poll on the decree issued by the Standing Committee to appoint a new Deputy Speaker was conducted. MP R.Gonchigdorj was elected as Deputy Speaker with 53.7 percent of the votes of 31 MPs.

R.Gonchigdorj, a mathematician at the National University of Mongolia, started his political career in 1990 as a member and the chairman of the lower house of Parliament. R.Gonchigdorj was elected in the State Great Khural in 1992-2000 while he was in charge of the Social Democrat Party. In 2000 he became Speaker of parliament. In 2012 R.Gonchigdorj was elected for the 6th time as a Member of Parliament.