_#_Elections:
President—last held 3 September 1990 (next to be held July 1994); results—Punsalmaagiyn OCHIRBAT elected by the People's Great Hural;
People's Great Hural—last held on 29 July 1990 (next to be held July 1994); results—MPRP 84.6, MDP 3.8%, PNP 1.4%, SDP 1%, independents 9.2%; seats—(430 total) MPRP 343;
People's Small Hural—last held on 29 July 1990 (next to be held July 1994); results—MPRP 62.3%, MDP 24.5%, SDP 7.5%, PNP 5.7%; seats—(50 total) MPRP 33
_#_Communists: MPRP membership 90,000 (1990 est.)
_#_Member of: AsDB, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBEC, IBRD, ICAO, IIB, ILO, IMF, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
_#_Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Gendengiyn NYAMDOO; Chancery, Tel. (202) 983-1962;
US—Ambassador Joseph E. LAKE; Deputy Chief of Mission
Michael J. SENKO; Embassy at Ulaanbaatar, c/o American Embassy
Beijing; Tel. 29095 and 29639
_#_Flag: three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is a five-pointed star above the national emblem (soyombo—a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric representations for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol)
_*Economy #_Overview: Economic activity traditionally has been based on agriculture and the breeding of livestock—Mongolia has the highest number of livestock per person in the world. In recent years extensive mineral resources have been developed with Soviet support. The mining and processing of coal, copper, molybdenum, tin, tungsten, and gold account for a large part of industrial production. In early 1991 the Mongolian leadership was struggling with severe economic dislocations, mainly attributable to chaotic economic conditions in the USSR, by far Mongolia's leading trade and development partner. For example, the government doubled most prices in January 1991, and industrial production dropped 10% in the first quarter of 1991. Moscow almost certainly will be cutting aid in 1991.