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Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Steps Down After Losing Parliament Confidence Vote

Caretaker leadership opens a 30-day window for rival parties to form a new government under mounting pressure from protests demanding stronger anti-corruption measures.

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Mongolia's Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrain speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the Mongolian People's Party, in Ulaanbaatar, on June 29, 2024.
Mongolian miners work on extracting coal from a primitive mine in Nalaikh, one of the nine districts of Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 29, 2017.
TOPSHOT - People sing during a protest calling for the resignation of Mongolia's Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene over alleged economic mismanagement and corruption involving his family, at Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar on May 21, 2025. Hundreds of young Mongolians turned out this week in the country's capital calling for the prime minister's resignation on allegations of corruption, a longstanding source of deep public anger in the landlocked democracy. (Photo by BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR / AFP) (Photo by BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR/AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Oyun-Erdene failed to secure the required 64 votes in the State Great Khural, receiving only 44 in the June 2 confidence ballot.
  • Youth-led protests in Ulaanbaatar this May were triggered by viral images of the prime minister’s son enjoying luxury items such as helicopter rides and designer handbags.
  • Last month, Oyun-Erdene’s Mongolian People’s Party expelled its coalition partner, the Democratic Party, after its lawmakers joined calls for the prime minister’s resignation.
  • The outgoing premier denies corruption allegations as a smear campaign and says he focused excessively on large-scale projects over political and social concerns.
  • Mongolia’s ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index has fallen since 2021, and widespread economic inequality has intensified public calls for accountability.