Mongolia’s prime minister has resigned after losing a confidence vote, amid public anger at his son’s lavish spending, fuelling political uncertainty in a central Asian economy with vast mineral wealth.
Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, the Harvard-educated reformist who has led Mongolia since 2021, gained only 44 of the 64 votes he needed from lawmakers in a vote held in the early hours of Tuesday. Oyun-Erdene called the vote last week amid divisions in his party and as protests erupted over his son’s luxury lifestyle.
His Mongolian People’s party, which has been in a coalition government with two other parties since elections a year ago, is expected to try to form a government in the coming days.
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