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| Country name |
conventional long form: none conventional short form: mongolia local short form: mongol uls former: outer mongolia local long form: none |
| Government type | parliamentary |
| Capital | Ulaanbaatar |
| Administrative divisions | 21 provinces (aymguud, singular - aymag) and 1 municipality* (singular - hot); Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan Uul, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan, Govi-Altay, Govi-Sumber, Hentiy, Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Orhon, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*, Uvs |
| Independence | 11 July 1921 (from China) |
| National holiday | Independence Day/Revolution Day, 11 July (1921) |
| Constitution | 12 February 1992 |
| Legal system | blend of Soviet, German, and US systems of law that combines aspects of a parliamentary system with some aspects of a presidential system; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal |
| Executive branch |
chief of state: president natsagiyn bagabandi (since 20 june 1997) head of government: prime minister tsakhiagiyn elbegdorj (since 20 august 2004) cabinet: cabinet appointed by the state great hural in consultation with the president elections: president nominated by parties in the State Great Hural and elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held 20 May 2001 (next to be held in May 2005); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually elected prime minister by the State Great Hural; election last held 27 July 2004 (next to be held in June 2008) election results: natsagiyn bagabandi reelected president; percent of vote - natsagiyn bagabandi (mprp) 58.13%, radnaasumbereliyn gonchigdorj (dp) 36.58%, luvsandamba dashnyam (cwp) 3.54%, other 1.75%; tsakkhiagiyn elbegdoj elected prime minister by the state great hural 74 to 0 |
| Legislative branch | unicameral State Great Hural (76 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 27 june 2004 (next to be held in june 2008) election results: percent of vote by party - na%; seats by party - mprp 36, mdc 34, others 4; note - 2 seats undecided |
| Judicial branch | Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts for approval by the president) |
| Political parties and leaders | Citizens' Will Republican Party or CWRP (also called Civil Courage Republican Party or CCRP) [Sanjaasurengiin OYUUN]; Democratic Party or DP [M. ENKHSAIKHAN]; Motherland-Mongolian New Socialist Democratic Party or M-MNSDP [B. ERDENEBAT]; Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party or MPRP [Nambaryn ENKHBAYAR]; Mongolian Republican Party or MRP [B. JARGALSAIKHAN] note: the cwrp, dp, and m-mnsdp formed the motherland-democracy coalition or mdc for the 2004 elections; the leader of the coalition is m. enkhsaikhan |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | NA |
| International organization participation | ARF, AsDB, CP, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO |
| Diplomatic representation in the US |
chief of mission: ambassador ravdangiyn bold chancery: 2833 m street nw, washington, dc 20007 consulate(s) general: new york FAX: [1] (202) 298-9227 telephone: [1] (202) 333-7117 |
| Diplomatic representation from the US |
chief of mission: ambassador pamela j. slutz embassy: micro region 11, big ring road, c.p.o. 1021, ulaanbaatar 13 mailing address: psc 461, box 300, fpo ap 96521-0002 telephone: [976] (11) 329095 FAX: [976] (11) 320776 |
| Flag description | three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national emblem ("soyombo" - a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric representation for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol) |
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