section_path: Prime Minister of Mongolia/2025 protests and resignation
section_name: 2025 protests and resignation
paragraph_text: 2025 protests and resignation
  
  Public frustration was sparked by social media posts made by the fiancée of Temüülen Oyun-Erdene, the Prime Minister's 23-year-old son, which featured luxury handbags, a high-end ring, and a Mercedes-Benz. The images prompted allegations that the Oyun-Erdene's family was benefiting from wealth far exceeding the means of a civil servant, intensifying long-standing concerns over corruption and the concentration of wealth in Mongolia's resource-rich economy. A petition demanding his resignation gathered over 59,000 signatures. Oyun-Erdene submitted himself to an investigation by the Independent Authority Against Corruption but made few public statements regarding the controversy.
  
  Small but sustained protests began in mid-May 2025, with young Mongolians gathering at Sükhbaatar Square, in Ulaanbaatar, to call for the prime minister's resignation. Demonstrators expressed frustration over allegations of corruption, alongside broader grievances related to inequality and government corruption. They demanded that Oyun-Erdene publicly disclose his sources of income and provide an explanation for the funding of the reported expenses. On 21 May, the Mongolian People's Party expelled the Democratic Party from the ruling coalition, citing its members' public support for the demonstrations, effectively dissolving the coalition government less than a year after its formation.
  
  Oyun-Erdene resigned on 3 June after losing a vote of no confidence in a secret ballot, with 44 State Great Khural members supporting him out of the required 64. Thirty-six opposed him, while the remaining 42 did not vote. He remained in office as a caretaker until a new prime minister was appointed on 13 June 2025.