2024 in Mongolia
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Events in the year 2024 in Mongolia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 23 January: Six people are killed and 14 are injured after a gas truck collides with a car in Ulaanbaatar.[1]
- 28 June: 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election: Voting is held to elect members of the State Great Khural in the first election since the chamber was expanded to 126 seats and the first to use parallel voting. The ruling Mongolian People's Party loses its supermajority but stays in power with a slim simple majority.[2][3]
- 30 August: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Mongolia to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin as he travels to Ulaanbaatar to make his first meeting to an International Criminal Court member state since the issue of his ICC arrest warrant.[4]
- 2 September: Russian president Vladimir Putin arrives in Mongolia to discuss a China–Russia gas pipeline meant to recoup Russian losses from Western sanctions, despite Ukraine's urges for Mongolia to arrest Putin under his International Criminal Court warrant.[5]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[6]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 10-12 February - Mongolian Lunar New Year
- 8 March - International Women's Day
- 23 May - Buddha's Birthday
- 1 June - Children's Day
- 11–15 July - Naadam
- 16 November - Genghis Khan Birthday
- 26 November - Republic Day
- 29 December - Independence Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Enkhbold, Saruul. "Collision of gas truck and car in Mongolia sets off explosions that kill 3 firefighters". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "Voting is underway in an election in Mongolia for an expanded 126-seat parliament". Associated Press. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Mongolia's governing party wins only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show". AP News. 2024-06-27. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ "Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin on ICC warrant during upcoming visit". France 24. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- ^ "Putin arrives in Mongolia, key link in planned gas pipeline to China". Reuters. September 2, 2024.
- ^ "Mongolia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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