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Mongolia's New Cabinet Is Assembled. Now Comes the Hard Part.

PM Uchral N. assembled a 19-minister cabinet at 2:24 AM on April 4 — Mongolia's third premiership in nine months. Ten ministers carry over from Zandanshatar's administration, signaling a deliberate continuity-over-replacement strategy during what Uchral characterized as a 'triple crisis' of fuel prices, commodity swings, and political fragmentation. Appointments in Mining (Damdinnyam G.), Finance (Mendsaikhan Z.), and Energy (Naidalaa B.) preview where policy will move first — with Oyu Tolgoi renegotiation, a ₮3.3T fiscal deficit, and grid reliability all on the first-100-days docket.