- Democratic Union Coalition (1996-2000)
The Democratic Union Coalition was a coalition of political parties in
Mongolia . Its primary constituents were the National Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party, and its core policies were the implementation of political and economic reforms in the post-communist period.In the 1996 elections, the Democratic Union was victorious, defeating the ex-communist People's Revolutionary Party. This was the first time since
1921 that the People's Revolutionary Party had not been in power.Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan , manager of the elections campaign of the Democratic Union, became Prime Minister in 1996 andTsakhiagiin Elbegdorj , leader of the Democratic Union, becamePrime Minister of Mongolia in 1998.The Democratic Union had effectively split up by the time of the 2000 parliamentary elections.
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