2021-06-28 13:30:45
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Upon taking an oath of office, on June 25, President of Mongolia U.Khurelsukh issued a decree on appointing Ya.Sodbaatar as the Chief of Staff of the Office of the President, dismissing U.Shijir. Sodbaatar served as Deputy Prime Minister in 2020-201 and Minister of Road and Transport Development in 2018-2019.
A decree was also issued on appointing J.Enkhbayar the Secretary of the National Security Council, dismissing the previous Secretary A.Gansukh. J.Enkhbayar was an advisor to Prime Minister between 2020-2021 and member of the State Great Khural in 2016-2020.
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2021-06-14 12:34:54
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On June 11, the State Great Khural (Parliament) of Mongolia passed a resolution setting a date for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect U.Khurelsukh.
In the presidential election that took place on June 9, 2021, candidate from the Mongolian People’s Party U.Khurelsukh led the ballot with 823,326 votes or gained 67.8 percent of total votes, whereas candidate from the Right Person Electoral Coalition D.Enkhbat followed with 246,968 votes (20.3 percent) with candidate from the Democratic Party S.Erdene collecting 72,832 votes (6 percent).
77 percent of the MPs voted in favor of the resolution to have U.Khurelsukh sworn in as the sixth President of Mongolia at 11:40 AM on June 25.