Editing Politics of Mongolia (section)

==Democratic movement==
The [[perestroika]] in the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Revolutions of 1989|democracy movements]] across [[Eastern Europe]] had a profound impact on Mongolian politics. On the morning of 10 December 1989, the first open pro-democracy demonstration was held in front of the Youth Cultural Centre in Ulaanbaatar.<ref>{{cite news|last=G.|first=Dari|title=Democracy Days to be inaugurated|publisher=news.mn (in Mongolian)|url=http://politics.news.mn/content/89237.shtml|access-date=8 July 2013|date=5 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110172038/http://politics.news.mn/content/89237.shtml|archive-date=10 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> There, [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]] announced the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.<ref name="CDMongolia">{{cite web|title=Tsakhia Elbegdorj|publisher=Community of Democracies Mongolia|url=http://cdmongolia.mn/tsakhia-elbegdorj/#.UdovIfmmiAg|access-date=8 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610155307/http://cdmongolia.mn/tsakhia-elbegdorj/#.UdovIfmmiAg|archive-date=10 June 2013}}</ref>

Over the next months activists, led by 13 leaders, continued to organise demonstrations, rallies, protests and hunger strikes, as well as teachers' and workers' strikes.<ref name="Politburo">{{cite book|title=Parliaments in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slpaAe40kn0C&pg=PA143 |last=Ahmed and Norton|first=Nizam U. and Philip|page=143|publisher=Frank Cass & Co.Ltd|place=London|isbn=0-7146-4951-1|access-date=8 July 2013|year=1999}}</ref> Activists had growing support from Mongolians, both in the capital and the countryside. Efforts made by trade unions across the country for democracy had a significant impact on the success of the movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baabar.niitlelch.mn/content/112.shtml|title=Democratic Revolution and Its Terrible Explanations|author=Baabar|author-link=Baabar|publisher=baabar.mn (in Mongolian)|date=16 November 2009|access-date=25 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227133854/http://baabar.niitlelch.mn/content/112.shtml|archive-date=27 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Democracy's Hero">{{cite web|title=Democracy's Hero: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj|url=http://www.iri.org/news-events-press-center/news/democracy%E2%80%99s-hero-tsakhiagiin-elbegdorj|publisher=The International Republican Institute|location=Washington|date=21 July 2011|access-date=8 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428055254/http://www.iri.org/news-events-press-center/news/democracy%E2%80%99s-hero-tsakhiagiin-elbegdorj|archive-date=28 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mongolia Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Democratic Revolution|url=http://www.iri.org/news-events-press-center/news/mongolia-celebrates-20th-anniversary-democratic-revolution|publisher=The International Republican Institute|access-date=8 August 2012|date=11 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219062034/http://iri.org/news-events-press-center/news/mongolia-celebrates-20th-anniversary-democratic-revolution|archive-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> After demonstrations of tens of thousands of people in freezing weather in the capital city as well as provincial centres, Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Politburo gave way to the pressure and entered negotiations with the leaders of the democratic movement.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilhelm|first=Kathy|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19900312&id=H-FLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4798,2084369|title=Mongolian Politburo resigns en masse|page=4|newspaper=The Free Lance Star|place=Fredericksburg, VA|date=12 March 1990|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> [[Jambyn Batmönkh]], chairman of the Politburo, decided to dissolve the Politburo and to resign on 9 March 1990,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19900312&id=QkUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_uQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4637,3539885|title=Entire Mongolian Politburo resigns|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|pages=8A|place=Lawrence, KS|date=12 March 1990|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ch.|first=Munkhbayar|url=http://news.dorgio.mn/politics/other/772|title=What was the Mongolian democratic revolution?|publisher=dorgio.mn (in Mongolian)|date=13 March 2013|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> paving the way for the first multi-party elections in Mongolia.<ref name="Politburo" /> As a result, Mongolia became the first country in Asia to successfully transition into democracy from communist rule.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ganbat|last=Gamba|title=The Mass Public and Democratic Politics in Mongolia|url=http://www.asianbarometer.org/newenglish/publications/workingpapers/no.29.pdf|publisher=Asian Barometer|page=3|year=2004|location=Taipei|volume=Working Paper Series: No. 29|access-date=8 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531184323/http://www.asianbarometer.org/newenglish/publications/workingpapers/no.29.pdf|archive-date=31 May 2011}}</ref>