Cabinet structure amended, 10 new members sworn in

Throughout its plenary session on August 29 and 30, Parliament accepted an modification to the federal government construction and composition and newly-appointed ministers swore their oaths to Parliament in accordance with Article 39.4 of the Structure and Article 23.2 of the Regulation on the Authorities of Mongolia.

In accordance with the modification, Cupboard now consists of 16 ministries, together with 4 ministries of normal perform and 12 sectoral ministries. In whole, Cupboard has 21 members along with the prime minister.

4 of the 21 cupboard members, particularly J.Sukhbaatar, J.Ganbaatar, N.Uchral and Kh.Bolorchuluun, are first timers in a Cupboard position, whereas Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan, Minister of Justice and Inner Affairs Kh.Nyambaatar, Minister of Development and City Improvement B.Munkhbaatar, Minister of Well being S.Enkhbold, Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan, Minister of Tradition Ch.Nomin, Minister of Surroundings and Tourism B.Bat-Erdene, Minister of Overseas Relations B.Battsetseg, Minister of Protection G.Saikhanbayar and Minister of Training and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan will proceed to serve of their unique positions.

Along with 16 ministers, Cupboard now has a deputy prime minister, head of the Cupboard Secretariat (minister), head of the State Committee for Port Revitalization (minister), head of the State Committee for Lowering Site visitors Congestion in Ulaanbaatar (minister), and head of the State Committee for Bodily Training and Sport (minister).

Introducing the federal government’s new construction and composition, Premier L.Oyun-Erdene mentioned, “In accordance with Decision No. 02 of 2022 of the Constitutional Court docket of Mongolia and the amendments made to the Structure of Mongolia on August 25, there’s a authorized requirement to harmonize the authorized laws for the construction and composition of Cupboard.”

He added, “In accordance with the ‘Imaginative and prescient-2050’ long-term growth coverage and the New Revival Coverage, there’s an pressing must create new members of Cupboard chargeable for creating nationwide {and professional} sports activities beneath a unified coverage and regulation, and supporting efforts to cut back site visitors congestion and enhance border ports. Due to this fact, considering the wants and necessities, the draft modification to the Regulation on Authorities of Mongolia was developed. Following the precept of benefit, I suggest to nominate some chairs of standing committees as ministers.”

As proposed by the prime minister, Secretary-Basic of the Mongolian Folks’s Get together D.Amarbayasgalan was appointed as head of the Cupboard Secretariat. He graduated from the Faculty of Info Expertise of the Mongolian College of Science and Expertise with a bachelor’s diploma in 2003 and later graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Nationwide College of Mongolia (NUM) in 2011.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Funds Ch.Khurelbaatar was appointed as minister of economic system and growth. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics with a bachelor’s diploma in economics in 1991. He additionally studied economics on the College of Sydney.  Ch.Khurelbaatar was beforehand elected to Parliament 4 instances and served as minister of finance from 2017 to 2021.

New Minister of Roads and Transport Improvement S.Byambatsogt graduated with a bachelor’s diploma in economics from the College of Finance and Economics of Mongolia in 1999, from the Maastricht College in 2005 and from the Regulation Faculty of NUM in 2014. He has a grasp’s diploma in economics, enterprise administration and legislation. From 2016 to 2017, he labored as minister of justice and inside affairs.

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Financial system J.Ganbaatar was appointed as minister of mining and heavy trade. He was beforehand elected to Parliament in 2016 and 2020.

Newly-appointed Minister of Labor and Social Safety D.Sarangerel graduated from Omsk Technological Faculty with a level in pictures in 1973. She studied journalism on the Rostov State College of Russia. She has been a lawmaker since 2012 and has served as each the minister of well being and the minister of surroundings and tourism.

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Surroundings, Meals and Agriculture Kh.Bolorchuluun was appointed as minister of meals, agriculture and lightweight trade. In 1987, he graduated from the Mongolian College of Life Sciences. Since 2012, he has been a member of Parliament.

New Minister of Digital Improvement and Communications N.Uchral graduated from the Ikh Zasag College in 2007, from the Limkokwing College of Inventive Expertise in 2010, from the Mongolian State College of Training in 2012 and from the College of Buckingham in 2020. He has a grasp’s diploma in enterprise administration, historical past and worldwide administration along with holding a doctorate in historical past. He was elected to Parliament in 2016 and 2020.

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Industrialization Coverage B.Choijilsuren was appointed as minister of power. He served as minister of finance from 2016 to 2017. 

Head of the Nationwide Committee for Lowering Site visitors Congestion in Ulaanbaatar or Minister J.Sukhbaatar studied legislation at NUM for his bachelor’s and grasp’s levels. He was elected as a member of Parliament in 2008 and 2020.

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Ethics and Self-discipline B.Bat-Erdene has been appointed as head of the State Committee for Bodily Training and Sport (minister). He graduated from the Navy Institute of the Ministry of Public Safety in 1990 and from NUM in 2000. From 2016 to 2017, he served as minister of protection.

Because the Structure of Mongolia reads, Cupboard members are to be appointed with approval from Parliament and the president of Mongolia. The newly appointed ministers pledged to Parliament, “As a member of the federal government, I’ll respect the pursuits of our nation, statehood, historic and cultural traditions and the Structure of Mongolia, and I will likely be free from corruption and conflicts of curiosity, and be personally accountable to the state, individuals and the prime minister of Mongolia. I swear that I’ll fulfill my duties as a member of the federal government pretty. If I break this oath, I’ll settle for punishment.”

The Constitutional Court docket issued Decision No. 2 and repealed Clause 2 of Article 39.1 of the Structure, which stipulates that the prime minister and not more than 4 members of Cupboard might concurrently maintain positions as members of Parliament. In this regard, the Structure and related legal guidelines had been amended. Accordingly, the newly-formed Cupboard has 13 ministers with “double deel” (holding twin posts in Cupboard and Parliament), particularly B.Javkhlan, J.Sukhbaatar, Ch.Khurelbaatar, D.Sarangerel, S.Byambatsogt, Kh.Bolorchuluun, J.Ganbaatar, B.Bat-Erdene, Kh.Nyambaatar, S.Amarsaikhan, L.Enkh-Amgalan, N.Uchral and B.Choijilsuren.