Mongolian Green Party

Mongolian Green Party
Монголын Ногоон Нам
AbbreviationMGP (English)
МНН (Mongolian)
ChairmanOlzodyn Boum-Yalagch
Founded9 March 1990 (1990-03-09)[1]
Merger of
  • Green Way
  • Mongolian Greens' Movement
IdeologyGreen politics
Direct democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationDemocratic Union (1996-2000)
Civic Coalition (2008)
Sovereignty and Unity (2016)
National Coalition (2024-Present)
Regional affiliationAsia Pacific Greens Federation
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colors  Green
State Great Khural
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Party flag
Website
mongoliangreenparty.mn
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The Mongolian Green Party (Mongolian: Монголын Ногоон Нам, Mongol'in Nogoon Nam, abbr. МНН or MGP) is a green party in Mongolia.

History

Prior to the 1990 democratic revolution, members of the Mongolian Nature Conservation Federation formed the "Green Way" club in 1988 and the "Mongolian Greens' Movement" in 1989. Both organizations were actively fighting for "democracy and reform" and contributed to the foundation of the Democratic Union.[2]

In March 1990, the two organizations founded the Mongolian Green Party, the year Mongolia became a multi-party democracy, and founding the first green party in Asia[3]. From 1996 until 2000 the party was in a governing Democratic Union Coalition with the Mongolian Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Party, and the Mongolian Democratic Religion Party.

The MGP ran together with the Civil Will Party (CWP) for the 2000 parliamentary election, and together won 1 out of 76 seats in the State Great Khural. In 2011, the CWP suggested the two parties to merge for the 2012 parliamentary elections[4]. Despite many members of the MGP not supporting the proposal, the then-party leaders decided to merge with the CWP during its 9th Party Congress[5], favoring a more environmentally liberal and business-friendly green politics, ultimately founding the Civil Will–Green Party in March 2012.[6][7]

Olzodyn Boum-Yalagch succeeded then-party chairman and the only MGP MP Dangaasürengiin Enkhbat, who joined the CWGP, and has been the party's chairman since 2012.[8] The MGP remained an extra-parliamentary party until 2024, when the National Coalition that it was apart of won 4 out of 126 seats in the expanded State Great Khural. However, no MGP members were elected. Party chairman Olzodyn Boum-Yalagch came close to being elected but was cut short due to proportional representation, as he placed 5th in the coalition party list.[9]

The party has around 601 members as of 2017[10] and states its goal is working towards improving human rights and democracy in Mongolia and protecting the environment.[11]

Electoral history

State Great Khural elections

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1996[a] Davaagiin Basandorj 475,267 47.05%
50 / 76
 Increase 50 1st Coalition government
2000[b] 36,196 3.61%
1 / 76
 Decrease 49 Decrease 6th Opposition
2008[c] Dangaasürengiin Enkhbat 24,806 1.43%
1 / 76
 Steady 0 Increase 4th Opposition
2012 Olzodyn Boum-Yalagch 15,076 1.27%
0 / 76
 Decrease 1 Decrease 6th Extra-parliamentary
2016[d] 35,394 2.51%
0 / 76
 Steady 0 Increase 4th Extra-parliamentary
2020 23,473 0.59%
0 / 76
 Steady 0 Decrease 7th Extra-parliamentary
2024[e] 75,196 5.17%
4 / 126
 Increase 4 Increase 4th Opposition
  1. ^ Run as part of the Democratic Union
  2. ^ Run together with the Civic Will Party
  3. ^ Run as part of the Civic Coalition.
  4. ^ Run as part of Sovereignty and Unity Coalition.
  5. ^ Run as part of the National Coalition.

References

  1. ^ "ABOUT THE MONGOLIAN GREEN PARTY". Монголын Ногоон Нам (in Mongolian). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "МОНГОЛЫН НОГООН НАМЫН МӨРИЙН ХӨТӨЛБӨР". Монголын Ногоон Нам (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  3. ^ "Greetings from the Chairman". Mongolian Green party. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  4. ^ gogo.mn. "Ногоон нам ИЗН нэгдлээ". gogo.mn (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  5. ^ "Бид хэн бэ?". archive.ph. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  6. ^ "МОНГОЛЫН НОГООН НАМЫН ТАНИЛЦУУЛГА". Монголын Ногоон Нам (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  7. ^ "Түүхэн товчоо – Иргэний Зориг Ногоон нам". Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  8. ^ Boum-Yalagch, Olzod (17 December 2017). "НАМЫН ДАРГЫН МЭНДЧИЛГЭЭ". Монголын Ногоон Нам (in Mongolian). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Олзодын БУМ-ЯЛАГЧ - Үндэсний эвсэл". ikon.mn. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  10. ^ "МОНГОЛЫН НОГООН НАМЫН ТАНИЛЦУУЛГА". Монголын Ногоон Нам (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  11. ^ "МОНГОЛЫН НОГООН НАМЫН МӨРИЙН ХӨТӨЛБӨР". Монголын Ногоон Нам (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2025-07-24.


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