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Who knows all the countries in the world, or even knows the basics about these countries? In this small series, I would therefore like to give you a little overview, and that includes a brief overview of the most important data on their political system.
And today it is about Mongolia, and that is already the official full name of the country. The form of government is a parliamentary democracy with a constitution based on the rule of law. The head of state is called Ma Batulga, President of the Republic. He was appointed on July 10th, 2017. He's from the Democratic Party.
The head of government is Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, Prime Minister, appointed on January 27th, 2020, from the Mongolian People's Party. The foreign minister is Batmunkh Battsereg, appointed on January 27th, 2020.
On the Human Development Index, they rank 99th place. Poorly populated because only 3.2 million inhabitants. Ethnically largely homogeneous with 94% Mongolian. The State of Mongolia has made considerable progress in terms of democratization and the development of market economic economy structures. The 1992 constitution provides for a separation of powers between the legislature, government, and judiciary. Freedom of the press and freedom of expression is guaranteed.
Mongolia has a multi-party system. The largest parties represented in parliament are the Mongolian People's Party (MVP), which is currently the ruling party, and the Democratic Party (DP) as the opposition party. Mongolia is organized centrally and has 21 aimags, that's provinces, headed by governors. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, has a special status.
The geographical location between the two great powers, Russia and China, is decisive for Mongolian foreign policy. They pay attention to close relationships with their immediate neighbors and at the same time try to maintain their independence. In addition, they maintain close relationships with their third neighbors: Japan, South Korea, USA, Germany, and the rest of the EU.
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