Byambatsogt elected new Mongolian parliament speaker

ULAN BATOR, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's State Great Hural, the country's unicameral parliament, elected Sandag Byambatsogt as its new speaker on Friday. During a plenary session of the 126-seat parliament, 114 lawmakers were present, with 76.3 percent voting in favor of his appointment. Byambatsogt replaced Nyam-Osor Uchral, chairman of the ruling Mongolian People's Party, who was appointed Mongolia's

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