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Mongolian ex-president re-elected as leader of People's Revolutionary Party

Xinhua,February 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

ULAN BATOR, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Former Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar was re-elected chairman of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) on Saturday.

It is Enkhbayar's second term as the MPRP chairman after he received full support from the party's 1,044 members who attended the two-day party congress on Friday and Saturday.

The MPRP, founded in 2010 by Enkhbayar, is the third-largest political party in Mongolia.

Enkhbayar served as prime minister of Mongolia from 2000 to 2004, as speaker of the parliament from 2004 to 2005, and as president of Mongolia from 2005 to 2009. Enditem