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Ukhnaagiin khürelsükh
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Angelique davain

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BACKGROUND: Enkhbayar was arrested on April 13, 2012 in a televised raid by dozens of police after investigators from the Independent Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia alleged that he had failed repeatedly to turn up for questioning. Enkhbayar, who served as prime minister and then president until he lost office in a 2009 poll, denied all the charges and called them politically motivated. On 1 August 2013, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj pardoned Enkhbayar, releasing him from serving the rest of his jail term. Now, following the pardon, Enkhbayar has announced his intention to return to politics.

Corruption charges swirl around the development of the country’s mineralogical assets. Unlike most of its post-Soviet neighbors, foreign investors are not seeking hydrocarbons in Mongolia but minerals, including copper, silver, gold and coal. After abandoning Soviet Communism in 1990, Mongolia’s government has sought international investment to develop its mineralogical reserves, given the government’s fiscal shortfalls. Mongolia could invite former Soviet allies, its

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Mongolia ex-leader Nambar Enkhbayar jailed

Former Mongolian President Nambar Enkhbayar has been jailed for four years after being convicted of corruption.

Mr Enkhbayar was arrested in April and charged with misusing property and government power.

The 54-year-old, who served as prime minister and then president until he lost office in a 2009 poll, denied the charges and called them politically motivated.

He says he will appeal.

The court in Ulan Batur found him guilty of taking television equipment intended as a donation to a monastery and charges relating to the illegal privatisation of a hotel and publishing house, Xinhua news agency said.

It handed him a seven-year term but three years were commuted. The former leader was also ordered to compensate the monastery and had assets seized.

Speaking to the BBC before parliamentary elections in June, Mr Enkhbayar said the charges were a pretext to stop him running for political office.

He served as prime minister from 2000-2004 and as president from 2005-2009, before narrowly losing an election to Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj o

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Elbegdorj beats Communist Enkhbayar to become new Mongolian presiden

Ulaan Baatar (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Democratic Party leader Tsakhiaglin Elbegdorj won in yesterday’s presidential elections. Although a final tally is not yet in, state-owned television and other national media have already announced his victory. Outgoing President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, leader of the former Communist party, admitted a "narrow" defeat and said he would respect the will of voters. Citizens For Justice, a Mongolian non-governmental organisation, said that Elbegdorj won with 53.7 per cent of the vote.

Twice prime minister, the president-elect based his campaign on fighting corruption and leading the country out of the economic recession. His supporters celebrated his Communist adversary’s defeat as the start of a “new morning”.

However the two main parties remain partner in the existing coalition government and their policy differences are minimal.

The campaign was dominated by issues relating to the country’s rich natural resources (copper, gold, u