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 prime minister on Monday after former Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar stepped down at his own request last week.
Byambatsogt, aged 51, has been elected to parliament five times and has held several key government positions, including minister of justice and internal affairs, minister of road and transport development, minister of defense, and head of the cabinet secretariat. ■
