On 20th of July, Mongolia marked the 25th anniversary of the first day of operation of Mongolia’s first fully-functioning democratic parliament. The State Great Khural officially started operating as a permanent legislature of Mongolia on 20th of July, 1992. President of Mongolia Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat opened the first session of the State Great Khural, the current legislative body of Mongolia.

On this day 25 years ago, the parliament passed the law on authorisation of full powers of members of the parliament and 76 parliamentarians took oaths. The first speaker of the State Great Khural was Mr N.Bagabandi, who then became the second president of Mongolia.

In July of 1990, Mongolians elected their first free and democratic legislature called the People’s Great Khural, which later legalised formation of the People’s Little Khural.