The Little Khural ( mn, Бага Хурал, ''Baga Khural'') or State Little Khural ( mn, Улсын Бага Хурал, ''Ulsyn Baga Khural'') was the

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of the

Mongolian People's Republic The Mongolian People's Republic ( mn, Бүгд Найрамдах Монгол Ард Улс, БНМАУ; , ''BNMAU''; ) was a socialist state which existed from 1924 to 1992, located in the historical region of Outer Mongolia in East Asia. It w ...

from 1924 until 1951 and then the standing

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from 1990 to 1992. The original Little Khural of 1924 comprised five members elected by the

State Great Khural The State Great Khural, ; "State Great Assembly" is the unicameral parliament of Mongolia.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 40 It is located in the Government Palace. History ;1 ...

(Улсын Их Хурал, ''Ulsyn Ikh Khural''). The chairman of the Little Khural was in effect

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and the Little Khural elected the

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. The first session of the Little Khural began on 29 November 1924. It originally met two to three times a year, but in the 1930s this rate dwindled to once every two or three years. After 1927 it had only three members.Alan J. K. Sanders (ed.), "Hural, Little" and "Hural, State Little", in ''Historical Dictionary of Mongolia'', 2nd ed. (Scarecrow Press, 2003), p. 162. Towards the end of

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, in solidarity with the

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, the Little Khural

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against the

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on 10 August 1945.Christopher P. Atwood (1999), "Sino-Soviet Diplomacy and the Second Partition of Mongolia, 1945–1946", ''Mongolia in the Twentieth Century: Landlocked Cosmopolitan'', Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin, eds. (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe), 147. The Little Khural held its 32nd and last session in February 1950. In 1951 Mongolia amended its constitution and abolished the Little Khural. In 1960 a new constitution was adopted, and during the Revolution of 1990 it was amended to create a standing legislative body out of the existing

People's Great Khural The State Great Khural, ; "State Great Assembly" is the Unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Mongolia.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 40 It is located in the Government Palac ...

(Ардын Их Хурал, ''Ardyn Ikh Khural''). This new Little Khural was to consist of 50 representatives selected by the Great Khural. Three-quarters of these members had to be chosen from among the members of the Great Khural. The seats in the Little Khural were apportioned amongst those parties participating in the elections by

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. The new khural met twice annually in 75-day sessions. It had a chairman, Radnaasümbereliyn Gonchigdorj, who was also ''ex officio'' vice president; a vice chairman, Kinayatyn Zardyhan; and a secretary, Byaraagiyn Chimid. It held its first session in September 1990 and was abolished in July 1992 by the adoption of a new

Constitution of Mongolia The current Constitution of Mongolia (, ''Mongol Ulsyn Ündsen Khuuli'', "Fundamental Law of Mongolia") was adopted on 13 January 1992, put into force on 12 February, and amended in 1999, 2000 and 2019. The new constitution established a represen ...

, which created a unicameral legislature.

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{{Authority control Mongolian People's Republic 1924 establishments in Mongolia 1990 establishments in Mongolia Defunct unicameral legislatures Defunct national legislatures