Inside Mongolia’s 2025 Turning Point: The 10 Political and Economic Developments to Know
- Amar Adiya
- Dec 30, 2025
- 4 min read
The Fall of Oyun-Erdene and the Rise of Zandanshatar
June delivered the year’s defining political rupture. Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene was removed through a no-confidence vote after public protests linked to a corruption scandal involving his son.
The rupture was sharpened by a deteriorating relationship with President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, which stripped Oyun-Erdene of the political cover he had long relied on. A sharp fall in budget revenue also added to his demise.
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar, then presidential chief of staff and a former parliamentary speaker, emerged as the compromise choice.
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