Mongolia Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name-Mongolian People’s Republic

Type Communist state

Mongolia

Capital: Ulaanbaatar

Political subdivisions: IS provinces and 3 autonomous municipalities (Ulaanbaatar, Darhan, and Erdenet)

Legal system: blend of Russian, Chinese, and Turkish systems of law, new constitution adopted I960; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at Ulaanbaatar State University; has not accepted compulsory 1CJ jurisdiction

National holiday: People s Revolution Day, 11 July

Branches: executive—Council of Ministers; legislative—unicameral People’s Great Hural judicial—court system; Supreme Court elected by People’s Great Hural

Government leaders: Jambyn BATMONH, Chairman of the Presidium of the People’s Great Hural (since December 1984);

Dumaagiyn SODNOM, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (since December 1984)

Suffrage: universal at age 18 and over

Elections: legislative election theoretically held every four years; last election held June 1981

Political party and leader: Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP), Jambyn Batmonh, General Secretary (since August 1984)

Communists: estimated MPRP membership, 81,000(1984)

Member of: CFMA, ESCAP, FAO, 1 AFA, ILO, 1PU, ITU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding Mongolia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mongolia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mongolia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.