TODAY MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATE GREAT KHURAL

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Today is marking the 25th anniversary of the first day of operation of Mongolia’s first fully-functioning democratic parliament. On July 20, 1992, the State Great Khural officially started operating as a permanent legislature of Mongolia. In July of 1990, Mongolians elected their first free and democratic legislature called the People's Great Khural, which later legalized formation of the People’s Little Khural. During the fifth session in 1992, the People’s Little Khural passed a dozen laws on parliamentary election and a law on the State Great Khural, and ended the functions of the People’s Little Khural. So, the first parliamentary elections were carried out on June 28. In the following month, on the 20th, President of Mongolia Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat opened the first session of the State Great Khural, the current legislative body of Mongolia. On this day 25 years ago, the parliament passed the law on authorization of full powers of members of the parliament and 76 parliamentarians took oaths. The first speaker of the State Great Khural was Mr N.Bagabandi, who then became the second president of Mongolia. B.Amarsaikhan