ULAN BATOR, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian parliament, or the State Great Khural, on Monday approved the resignation of its speaker, Nyam-Osor Uchral.
A total of 80.2 percent of the 101 legislators present at the plenary session of the 126-seat unicameral parliament voted in favor of his resignation.
Uchral submitted his resignation earlier the same day after being nominated as the country's new prime minister, following the resignation of Gombojav Zandanshatar, who stepped down at his own request on Friday. ■