The Motherland Party ( mn, Эх орон нам, ), sometimes also referred to as Mongolian Democratic New Socialist Party ( mn, Монголын Ардчилсан Шинэ Социалист Нам, ) is a political party in
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, ...
. It was founded by the owner of the
Erel group
EREL LLC is a Mongolian company headquartered in Ulaanbaatar, active in mining and construction, established in 1989. Founder and current president is Badarchiin Erdenebat, also founder of the Motherland Party. Construction activities began in 19 ...
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Badarchiin Erdenebat. There is a considerable overlap between employees of the Erel group and members of the Motherland party, and the party is popularly also known as Erel party. The party was a member of the 2004
Motherland Democratic Coalition Motherland Democratic Coalition (Ekh Oron-Ardchilal) was a coalition of political party, political parties in Mongolia for the 2004 Mongolian legislative election, 2004 legislative elections.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
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from 2004 to 2008. It failed to win any seats in the
2008 parliamentary elections. From 2006 to 2007, the party also held two seats in government: Badarchiin Erdenebat was Minister for Fuel and Resources, and I. Erdenebaatar was Minister for the Environment.
1992 establishments in Mongolia
Political parties established in 1992
Political parties in Mongolia
Social democratic parties in Asia
Socialism in Mongolia
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