page_title: Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh / Political career
caption_attribution_description: Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Mongolian Prime Minister Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, at the Department of State, September 20, 2018. [State Department Photo by Michael Gross/ Public Domain]
context_page_description: Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh is a Mongolian politician currently serving as Prime Minister of Mongolia since October 2017. He was elected to the Parliament of Mongolia three times – in 2000, 2004 and 2012, served in the Cabinet of Mongolia as Minister for Emergency Situation from 2004 to 2006, Minister for Professional Inspection from 2006 to 2008, and in 2014–2015 and 2016–2017 as Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia. Also he was the Secretary-General of Mongolian People's Party from 2008 to 2012.
context_section_description: Secretary-General of Mongolian People's Party 
  Founding President of Social Democracy Mongolian Youth Federation
  President of the Left Wing Federation 
  Khurelsukh was elected to the Parliament of Mongolia three times – in 2000, 2004 and 2012. He has served as a member of the Cabinet of Mongolia five times: as Minister for Emergency Situation between 2004 and 2006, Minister for Professional Inspection between 2006 and 2008, Deputy Prime Minister (twice) and Prime Minister. He was awarded the United Nations Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2017.
  Khurelsukh led his Mongolian People's Party to a landslide victory in the parliamentary election on 24 June, 2020. In his election campaign, he noted that Mongolia would become an energy independent country from Russia.
caption: Khurelsukh with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2018
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