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Before his career in politics, Battulga was a sambo wrestling champion. He was the Democratic Party's candidate in the 2017 presidential election and was elected President with 50.6% in the run-off, the first-ever run-off election in modern Mongolian history. [1] Mongolians are divided about his role in the 2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis.
Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 9 June 2021. [1] The result was a victory for former prime minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh of the Mongolian People's Party, who received 72% of the valid vote. [2] The elections were considered free and fair by OSCE. [3]
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 ]
Mongolia elects its head of state—the President of Mongolia—at the national level. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people, using the Two-round system. The State Great Khural (Ullsyn Ikh Khural, State Great Assembly) has 76 members, originally elected for a four-year term from single-seat constituencies. Due to the voting ...
28 June – 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election: Voting is held to elect members of the State Great Khural in the first election since the chamber was expanded to 126 seats and the first to use parallel voting. The ruling Mongolian People's Party loses its supermajority but stays in power with a slim simple majority. [2] [3]
He established the Mongolian Democratic Socialist Youth Federation by MPRP and served as president two times – between 1997 and 1999 and in 2000–2005. In 2000, he was elected to the Governing Board of MPRP, which is the core decision-making body of MPRP. In 2008, Khürelsükh was elected as Secretary General of MPRP.
Mongolia received US$285 million aid from the United States' Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) which United States President George W. Bush signed with Enkhbayar in 2007. [15] In the 2009 Mongolian presidential election, incumbent president Enkhbayar was defeated by Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of Democratic Party. Elbegdorj won 51.21% of total votes ...
Incumbent President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, candidate of Democratic Party won the 2013 Mongolian presidential election on 26 June 2013 [32] and was sworn into office for his second term as President of Mongolia on 10 July 2013. [33] Thus, since 2012 the Democratic Party has been in power holding both presidency and government.