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The 2020–2024 State Great Khural was the eighth session of the State Great Khural which first convened on 2 July 2020 and was seated until 2 July 2024. Its members were first elected in the 2020 parliamentary election held on 24 June 2020.
The Constitution of Mongolia adopted in 1992 states that the President of Mongolia is the "head of state and embodiment of the unity of the Mongolian people". [1] Mongolia declared its independence from the Qing dynasty during the Mongolian Revolution of 1911, [a] under the Bogd Khan (the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu).
The 2016–2020 State Great Khural was the seventh session of the State Great Khural which first convened on 5 July 2016 and remained in session until 2 July 2020. Its members were first elected in the 2016 parliamentary election held on 29 June 2016.
The State Great Khural (Ulsyn Ikh Khural in Mongolian, meaning State Great Assembly) is a unicameral legislative body with 76 seats. The State Great Khural wields some of the most important powers in Mongolian politics. Parliamentary elections are held every four years, and 76 representatives are chosen.
Generally, Mongolian leaders have lived at the president's residence at the Ikh Tenger Complex (Mongolian: Их тэнгэр цогцолбор). The complex is a protected area in the Bogd Khan Mountain. [8] The residence is located next to the mansions of the Speaker of Parliament and Prime Minister. [8]
The government is collectively responsible to the State Great Khural and must resign if a motion of no confidence is adopted by the State Great Khural. The State Great Khural determines the structure and composition of the government by submission of Prime Minister. The government is one of the 3 subjects that have the right to initiate laws. [1]
By the time of Mongolia's second (and more generally recognized) declaration of independence from the occupation by Beiyang China in 1921, the office was controlled by a communist group known as the time Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. 1924 the party established the Mongolian People's Republic, and the prime minister's post was ...
27 January – Due to COVID-19, the Mongolian government announced they would close the border with China.They also began closing schools on the same day. [1]10 March – Deputy Prime Minister Ölziisaikhany Enkhtüvshin announced that a French national arriving in Ulaanbaatar via a flight from Moscow was the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the country.