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Mongolia held its first democratic elections in 1990, following a peaceful 1990 revolution. [5] [6] From 1921 to 1990, Mongolia was a communist single-party state under the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. [7] Historically, Mongolian politics has been influenced by its two large neighbors, Russia and China. [8] [9]
In the most recent transition to democracy in 1992, Mongolia incorporated policies directed towards youth. [7] [13] Mongolia became one of the first countries to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990 and signed the second and third optional protocols in 2000 and 2013 respectively. [14]
The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...
On 28 November 1989, at the end of a speech at the Young Artists' Second National Congress, Elbegdorj said that Mongolia needed democracy and appealed for youth to collaborate to create democracy in Mongolia. He told the audience "We consider that Perestroika is a timely and brave step. Youth's contribution to this revolutionary matter is not ...
A statue of pro-democracy leader Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, who was murdered by unknown assassins in 1998. Following the politburo resignation, Mongolia's first free, multi-party elections for a bicameral parliament were held on 29 June 1990. [22] [33] In 1990 Mongolian parliamentary elections, parties ran for 430 seats in the People's Great ...
Mongolia's governing party won parliamentary elections Friday but by only a slim margin as the opposition made major gains, according to tallies by the party and news media based on near-complete ...
' Fundamental Law of Mongolia ') was adopted on 13 January 1992, put into force on 12 February, with amendments made in 1999, 2000, 2019 [2] and 2023. [3] The constitution established a representative democracy in Mongolia , enshrining core functions of the government, including the separation of powers and election cycle, and guaranteeing ...
Democracy indices are quantitative and comparative assessments of the state of democracy [173] for different countries according to various definitions of democracy. [174] The democracy indices differ in whether they are categorical, such as classifying countries into democracies, hybrid regimes, and autocracies, [175] [176] or continuous ...