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Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (Mongolian: Ухнаагийн Хүрэлсүх; [a] born 14 June 1968), also referred to as Khürelsükh Ukhnaa, is a Mongolian politician serving as the 6th and current president of Mongolia, beginning his term on 25 June 2021 after winning the 2021 Mongolian presidential election.
The president was originally limited to two four-year terms, but this was changed to a non-renewable six-year term starting with the 2021 presidential election. The president can be removed from office if two-thirds of the Khural find them guilty of abusing their powers or violating their oath. [5]
Former Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh became the country's sixth democratically elected president on Wednesday, further consolidating the power of the ruling Mongolian People's Party ...
President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh. The presidential candidates are usually nominated by parties having seats in the State Great Khural. The president is elected by popular vote for a non-renewable six-year term. The president is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, and head of the National Security Council.
On 18 December 2023, the ruling and opposition parties reached a consensus to redraw the electoral districts. [12] Subsequently, the State Great Khural's plenary session passed a resolution on the creation of 2024 regular election constituencies of the State Great Khural, and the determination of the number, territory of the mandates of the constituencies, resulting in the reformation of the ...
In June 2021, former prime minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh of the MPP became the country's sixth democratically elected president after winning the presidential election, further consolidating the party's power in the Mongolian government. [34] The party retained its absolute majority (although much reduced) in the 2024 parliamentary election.
President of Mongolia Notes Sharav Tsevelmaa: September 3, 1990 June 20, 1997 Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat: Wife of the first democratically elected President of Mongolia. Azadsurengiin Oyunbileg: June 20, 1997 June 24, 2005 Natsagiin Bagabandi: Onongiin Tsolmon: June 24, 2005 June 18, 2009 Nambaryn Enkhbayar: Khajidsuren Bolormaa: June 18, 2009 July ...
The new constitution also provided that the president would be elected by popular vote rather than by the legislature as before. Incumbent Punsalmaagin Ochirbat became Mongolia's first universally elected president winning the 1993 Mongolian presidential election with two thirds of the vote. Originally an MPRP member, Ochirbat ran as the ...