Published: 10:26, June 3, 2025 | Updated: 12:12, June 3, 2025
Mongolian prime minister loses parliamentary confidence vote
By Xinhua

Mongolia's Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene bows after losing his position in a vote in Ulan Bator, capital city of Mongolia on June 3, 2025.  (PHOTO / AFP)

ULAN BATOR - Mongolia's parliament speaker Dashzegve Amarbayasgalan said on Tuesday that since the State Great Khural, or the parliament, did not pass the draft resolution on the vote of confidence in the prime minister, Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene was deemed to have resigned.

Oyun-Erdene convened a regular meeting of the government on May 28 and submitted the draft resolution on the vote of confidence in the prime minister to the State Great Khural.

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The Mongolian Constitution stipulates that if the draft resolution is not passed, the prime minister is deemed to have resigned and a new prime minister will be appointed within 30 days.

Oyun-Erdene has served as the prime minister of Mongolia since January 2021. He was re-elected in July 2024.