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Mongolia’s Ruling Party Faces Generational Rebellion as Amarbayasgalan Challenges the Old Guard

  • Amar Adiya
  • 25 minutes ago
  • 3 min read

Amarbayasgalan’s modern agenda collides with entrenched power, exposing the deepest rift in years.

Mongolia’s ruling party is facing a rebellion from within driven less by ideology than by age. At 44, parliamentary speaker Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan is storming the gates of a system built by his seniors.

Mongolia Parliament Speaker Amarbayasgalan
Mongolian Parliament Speaker Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan

His bid for the chairmanship of the Mongolian People’s Party has split the establishment and exposed a deeper struggle over what kind of country a younger Mongolia wants to be.

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