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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ULAN BATOR, June 13 (Xinhua) — Mongolian Presidential Administration Chief of Staff Gombojavyn Zandanshatar was appointed as the new prime minister of Mongolia on Friday following a plenary session of the State Great Khural (parliament) of the country.
His candidacy was submitted to the deputies for consideration by the President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, and 92.3 percent of legislators voted for it.
G. Zandanshatar, 55, graduated from the Irkutsk Institute of National Economy (now Baikal State University) in 1992 with a degree in financier and economist. That same year, he also received a master’s degree in economics and finance from the same university.
Since 2004, he has been elected as a deputy of the State Great Khural four times. In 2009-2012, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the head of government affairs, and in 2019-2024, he worked as the Chairman of the Parliament.
On June 9 this year, the ruling Mongolian People’s Party endorsed the candidacy of 55-year-old G. Zandanshatar as the country’s next prime minister. –0–