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The President of Mongolia is the head of state of Mongolia, a parliamentary country where the presidency has a symbolic role.

The main powers of the president include:

• Nominating a candidate for the office of Prime Minister, who is then approved or rejected by the State Great Khural (parliament). This is largely a ceremonial responsibility, as the Hural will most likely reject any nominee who is not its own choice — in effect, the Prime Minister is appointed by the Hural.
• Vetoing the Hural's legislation (can be overridden with a two-thirds majority)
• Approving judicial appointments
• Chairing the national security council
• Acting as commander in chief of the armed forces

The president is elected directly by the Mongolian public for a four year term, with a limit of two terms. Candidates must be nominated by one of the parties represented in the State Great Hural. Before inauguration, however, the President-elect has to renounce the membership of any political party.

There is debate about who should be considered the first President of Mongolia. The title does not actually date back to before Mongolia's democratisation, but the office itself is seen as extending through Mongolia's period of communist rule. Sometimes, the Bogd Khan (seen as the reincarnations of senior lama) are seen as Mongolia's first "presidents", but more commonly, the title is given to the secular leaders who followed them. Balingiin Tserendorj, who was acting head of state in 1924, is sometimes seen as the first president, but it was not until Navaandorjiin Jadambaa was appointed Chairman of the State Great Hural in November that there was an official leader. Only a day later, the leadership role was reorganised as the Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural (the Little Hural being the executive committee of the Great Hural). Later, the Little Hural was abolished, and its powers were returned to the Great Hural — as such, the title of the president became Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Hural. This was shortly afterwards changed to Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Hural, following a change in nomenclature. Finally, in 1990, the title President of Mongolia was adopted.

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