Cabinet of Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh

Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh's Second Cabinet
16th Cabinet of Mongolia
Incumbent
Cabinet of Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh at the Government Palace (Mongolia), July 2020
Date formed	8 July 2020
Date dissolved	21 January 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Head of government	Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Deputy head of government
No. of ministers	17
Member party	Mongolian People's Party
Status in legislature	Centre-left
Opposition party	Democratic Party (Mongolia) Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party National Labor Party of Mongolia
History
Election(s)	2020 election
Predecessor	Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh's First cabinet (2017–2020)

The Cabinet of Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, was established following the 2017 Mongolian presidential election, and the election by the Mongolian parliament of Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh to the office of the Prime Minister of Mongolia in 4 October 2017.^[1] The cabinet was submitted for approval on 13 October, and sworn in on 18 October^[2][1]

On June 24, 2020, Mongolian People's Party was re-elected to the parliament with a landslide victory.^[3] Khurelsukh will continue to head the cabinet providing government stability and policy certainty.^[3]

On July 7, 2020, the Mongolian parliament approved Khürelsükh's cabinet structure of 14 ministries: six general and eight functional. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports was split into Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Culture.^[4] The total ministers are 17: Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary, and the heads of the 14 ministries. Following the protests on January 20, U. Khurelsukh's government decided to resign at its own request, with 95 percent of the Mongolian parliament calling for his resignation. Parliamentary debates began on January 27 with the support of the President of Mongolia to elect L.Oyun-Erdene as the 32nd Prime Minister.

Cabinet officers[]

Per listing on Mongolia Weekly,^[3] Montsame^[5] and Mongolian Focus^[2]

• Deputy Prime Minister: O Enkhtuvshin (2017–2020); Ya. Sodbaatar (2020–present)
• Cabinet Secretary: Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (2017–present)
• Ministry of Finance: Ch. Khurelbaatar (2017–present)
• Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs: Ts Nyamdorj (2017–present); Kh. Nyambaatar (2020–present)
• Ministry of Defense: Nyamaagiin Enkhbold (2017–present); Gürsediin Saikhanbayar (2020–present)
• : Kh Badelkhan (2017–2020); B. Munkhbaatar (2020–present)
• : D Sumiyabazar (2017–2020); G. Yondon (2020–present)
• Ministry of Education and Science: Lkhagvyn Tsedevsuren (2020–present)
• : N Tserenbat (2017–2020); Davaajantsangiin Sarangerel (2020–present)
• : S. Chuluun (2020–present)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: D Tsogtbaatar (2017–2020); N. Enkhtaivan (2020–present)
• : J Bat-Erdene (2017–2018); Ya Sodbaatar (2018–2019); B Enkhamgalan (2019–2020); L. Khaltar (2020–present)
• : Ts Davaasuren (2017–2020); N. Tavinbekh (2020–present)
• : S Batzorig (2017–2019); Ch Ulaan (2019–2020); Z. Mendsaikhan (2020–present)
• : D. Sarangerel (2017–2020); T. Munkhsaikhan (2020–present)
• : S Chinzorig (2017–2020); A. Ariunzaya (2020–present)

Former ministries[]

• Ministry of Culture, Education, and Sports (before 2020): Ts Tsogzolma (2017–2019); Yo Baatarbileg (2019–2020);

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