Mongolian Parliament Speaker Amarbayasgalan Takes Ruling Party Leadership Amid Turmoil

After an all-night conference of the ruling Mongolian People’s Party, Parliament Speaker Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan emerged in the early hours of Sunday (September 28) as party chairman, defeating Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar. The outcome leaves the premier weakened just as parliament debates the 2026 budget.

Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan, Speaker of the Parliament of Mongolia

The leadership contest revealed deep divisions inside the MPP. Roughly 400 delegates gathered on September 27 for the decisive vote.

Allegations quickly followed that the process flouted party bylaws—quorum miscounted, the two-thirds threshold ignored, and oversight bodies sidelined.

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