At today’s (7 July) session, the Mongolian Parliament approved the structure of the new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh. The Mongolian Cabinet will have 14 ministries – six of them are general and eight are functional. One new development

Earlier today (6 July), a Mongolian court sentenced former Prime Minister J.Erdenebat to six years in prison for abuse of power and banned him for six years from working in government office. The trial of the politician has been continuing

Some 450 people, who came from the Selenge province, are today demonstrating outside the Sukhbaatar District Court of Ulaanbaatar for the second day demanding the release of former Prime Minister J.Erdenebat. The demonstrators, who are from the 17 soums and

Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh will continue to serve as head of the Mongolian Cabinet after 93.3 percent of parliament voted for him; only one Democratic Party member, B.Purevdorj, refused. Therefore, U.Khurelsukh becomes the 31st Prime Minister of Mongolia. Now, he is

By decree of President Kh.Battulga, the newly formed Mongolian Parliament held its first session today (30 June) at 12.00 p.m. As the State Great Khural gathered for the first time since last week’s election, the 76 MP’s took their oaths

Earlier today (30 June), Mongolian President Kh.Battulga addressed the opening of the first session of the new parliament or State Great Khural. The Mongolian People’s Party majority parliament was formed after the election on 24 June. President congratulated all 76

The General Election Commission (GEC) recounted all ballots of the recent parliamentary election by hand over the weekend at the request of Mongolian President Kh.Battulga. The president issued the request after some political parties, coalitions and independent candidates said there

Newly elected members of the Mongolian parliament, or State Great Khural, received their temporary certificates from the General Electoral Committee of Mongolia. The Mongolian People’s Party, which is the country’s ruling party, won 62 seats in Wedensday’s parliamentary election, will