MPP NOMINATES VICE MINISTERS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A special meeting of the Cabinet will be held at 4.00 pm on December 17 to appoint Vice ministers and state secretaries. Parliament-elect parties have named their candidates for these offices. Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) named seven Vice ministers, Democratic Party (DP)--five, Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP)--two, Mongolian National Democratic Party (MNDP)--one, and Civil Will–Green Party (CWGP)--one. Board of the MPP named its candidates on Wednesday morning. Withdrawn candidates totaled 11 out of 39, and 16 out of 28 youth-dominating candidates have satisfied the MPP’s requirements for Vice ministers’ offices, thus transferred to a closed poll. As a result, seven have been named: G.Temuulen, member of Board of Oyu Tolgoi LLC, for Mining; Kh.Badelkhan, an advisor to the MPP faction in parliament, for Industry; D.Atarmaa, former director of the Health Department of Ulaanbaatar, for Health and Sports; N.Oyundari, owner of “Bull” chain restaurants and “BlueMon” tower, for Foreign Affairs; Ya.Tomorbaatar, director of the Academy of Strategies, for Education, Culture and Sciences; B.Monkhbaatar, a former governor of Bayanzurkh district, for Population Development and Social Welfare; and a former governor of Bayanzurkh district B.Batzorig, a head of Reform Committee of the MPP T.Ayursaikhan and a director of UFC Group N.Tserenbat are being nominated for the office of vice minister of Food and Agriculture. The final decision will be made by the head of the MPP M.Enkhbold.