Mongolia Speaker Challenges Prime Minister for Ruling Party Leadership

The Mongolian People’s Party, long known for choreographed successions, now faces a rupture. Parliament Speaker Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan has upended expectations, formally challenging Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar for the party chairmanship. The move exposes deep factional rifts and threatens to derail the president’s careful balancing act.

Parliament Speaker Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan and Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar

Amarbayasgalan is no ordinary contender. Once a protégé of President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and a close ally of ousted premier Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, he embodies the revival of a younger generation sidelined since Oyun-Erdene’s no-confidence ouster in June.

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