Ya.Sodbaatar becomes roads and transportation minister
Under the Constitution, Parliament must appoint a new Cabinet minister within 30 days after the resignation of a minister, and the prime minister has the right to nominate a candidate to Parliament...
By T.BAYARBAT
Under the Constitution, Parliament must appoint a new Cabinet minister within 30 days after the resignation of a minister, and the prime minister has the right to nominate a candidate to Parliament.
Former Minister of Roads and Transportation J.Bat-Erdene resigned on August 12 to take ethical responsibility after a murder occurred at the ministry. Parliament had not appointed replacement due to its long summer recess.
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Economy and President Kh.Battulga accepted Ya.Sodbaatar’s nomination put foth by Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh, which was submitted to Parliament for final review.
As Parliament approved Ya.Sodbaatar’s nomination with a 90.8 percent approval on Friday, in which 65 out of 76 lawmakers participated, Yo.Sodbaatar became the new minister of roads and transportation.
Ya.Sodbaatar took office after Deputy Prime Minister U.Enkhtuvshin presented Ya.Sodbaatar with the minister’s seal on September 5.
U.Enkhtuvshin stated that he hopes the ministry’s team will be in great hands with Ya.Sodbaatar’s experience and leadership.
The deputy prime minister emphasized that Parliament improved the legal and regulatory environment in roads and transport sectors, but there are a lot of works such as the 2018 state budget, performance of the 2017 state budget, and other measures. He wished Ya.Sodbaatar success in his work.
Deputy Minister of Roads and Transportation L.Khaltar introduced the new minister to the ministry’s team, heads of government agencies operating under the ministry, and the sector’s key documents.
Ya.Sodbaatar said that to fulfill a number of megaprojects outlined in the government’s action plans, the ministry will have much work to do in the coming two years.
The newly appointed minister emphasized that he will focus on ensuring continued work on the nation’s development, launching delayed projects, and carry out the sector’s action plans.
Ya.Sodbaatar was born in Arkhangai Province in 1974. He finished the Kharkhorin soum’s secondary school in Uvurkhangai Province in 1992, and graduated from Ulaanbaatar University as a physicist-engineer in 1997, and earned a master’s degree in management from the National Academy of Governance in 2004.
He also earned a PhD from the Mongolian State University of Education in history in 2015.
Following his graduation, Ya.Sodbaatar began working for the National Academy of Sciences as a researcher from 1997 to 1999, and served as a secretary and general secretary of the Union of Young Democratic Socialists operating under the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) from 1999 to 2005.
He was an advisor to the minister of industry from 2005 to 2006, and deputy minister of industry from 2006 to 2008.
Ya.Sodbaatar served deputy head and head of the General Agency for Specialized Inspection from 2009 to 2010. He served as secretary of MPP from 2010 to 2012.
In 2012 and 2016, Ya.Sodbaatar was elected by Uvurkhangai Province’s voters as a lawmaker in Parliament.
Since 2016, he has been working as vice caucus chairman of MPP and a member of the Standing Committee on Economy.
...The newly appointed minister emphasized that he will focus on ensuring continued
work on the nation’s development, launching delayed projects, and carry out the sector’s action plans...