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Mongolian Prime Minister Steps Down After Confidence Vote Defeat

His resignation follows weeks of protests over alleged corruption tied to his family’s extravagant spending.

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FILE -Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai walks past journalists as he arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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 received only 44 votes in a secret parliamentary ballot, well below the 64 needed to maintain confidence.
  • He will remain in office as a caretaker prime minister for up to 30 days while lawmakers choose his successor.
  • Demonstrations erupted after viral social media posts detailed his son’s luxury engagement proposal, designer goods and private helicopter trips.
  • Protesters are demanding tougher anti-corruption laws, full financial disclosures from public officials and accountability for graft.
  • Analysts warn the political shakeup could weaken Mongolia’s fragile democracy and stall efforts to diversify its mineral-dependent economy.