The Democratic Union Coalition was a coalition of

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million ...

. Its primary constituents were the Mongolian National Democratic Party and the Mongolian Social Democratic Party, and its core policies were the implementation of political and economic reforms in the post-communist period. Its chairman was

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (, ''Cahiagín Elbegdorj'' ; also referred to as Mongolyin Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and Tsakhia Elbegdorj; born 30 March 1963) is a Mongolian politician who served as President of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017. He previously ser ...

in 1996-2000. The coalition later became the foundation of the current Democratic Party of Mongolia. In the

1996 Mongolian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92.1%. American involvement The National Endow ...

s, the Democratic Union was victorious, defeating the ex-communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. This was for the first time from 1921 that the People's Revolutionary Party had not been in power.

Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan ( mn, Мэндсайханы Энхсайхан; born 4 June 1955) was the prime minister of Mongolia from July 7, 1996 to April 23, 1998, the first in 80 years not belonging to the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Par ...

, manager of the elections campaign of the Democratic Union, became

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

in 1996 and

, leader of the Democratic Union, became

Prime Minister of Mongolia The Prime Minister of Mongolia () is the head of government of Mongolia and heads the Mongolian cabinet. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Mongolian parliament or the State Great Hural, and can be removed by the parliament with a vote of no ...

in 1998. The Democratic Union had effectively split up by the time of the 2000 legislative elections, which the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party won.

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