On June 17, The Asia Foundation will honor His Excellency U Thura Shwe Mann, speaker of the lower house of Myanmar’s parliament, at Foundation headquarters for a special breakfast hosted by President 
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In Mongolia: Democracy’s Roots Grow Deeper with the Presidential Election
June 3, 2009
Pre-election polling indicated it would be a tight race between Mongolia’s two presidential candidates: the incumbent President N. Enkhbayar, representing the former Communists’ Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP), and the opposition candidate, Ts. Elbegdorj, representing the Democratic Party. There was also speculation on how free and fair the elections would be: The Asia Foundation’s Voter [...]
Topics: Elections | Governance
Countries: Mongolia