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Zorig Foundation (Mongolian: Зориг Сан) is a Mongolian nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) established in October 1998 after the assassination of Mongolian pro-democracy politician Zorig Sanjaasuren. The Zorig Foundation stated that its goal was to spread democratic values in Mongolia.
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]
The Right Person Electorate Coalition (Mongolian: Зөв Хүн Электорат Эвсэл, romanized: Zöv Khün Elektorat Evsel, ZKEE) was a political alliance in Mongolia established in 2020 by the National Labour Party, Mongolian Social Democratic Party and Justice Party. According to its statement, the Coalition seeks to correct the ...
'Mongolia became a democracy in the early 1990s after six decades of one-party communist rule. Many Mongolians welcomed the end of repression and resulting freedoms but have since soured on the ...
The party was part of the Mongolian Democratic Union that ruled from 1996 to 2000. It merged with the Democratic Party in 2000, thus all of the Social Democratic Party became members of the Democratic Party except A.Ganbaatar. It reformed in 2004 [1] and ran 19 candidates, [1] but did not win any seats at the 2012 Mongolian parliamentary elections.
On 6 December 2000, five political parties – including the Mongolian National Democratic Party, Mongolian Social Democratic Party and others merged and established the Democratic Party of Mongolia. On 1 April 2006, a party convention elected Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj as the party leader. Four candidates ran for the elections and in the first round.
The Denver metropolitan area was one of the early focal points for the new wave of Mongolian immigrants. [6] Other communities formed by recent Mongolian immigrants include ones in Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. [3] The largest Mongolian-American community in the United States is located in Los Angeles, California.
One of the Foundation's notable initiatives is the "Let's Read" program, which provides a free digital library in local languages to support students, educators, and community leaders in over 20 countries. The Asia Foundation is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.