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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 21, 1990                   TAG: 9003232596
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A9   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA                                LENGTH: Short

MONGOLIAN LEGISLATURE CHOOSES NEW LEADER

The Communist-dominated legislature today elected a new president and nominated a new prime minister, continuing a sweeping change of leadership demanded by pro-democracy protesters.

The 370-seat legislature, the Great People's Hural, elected as president Punsaomaabiin Ochirbat, a minister of economic relations and supply since 1988. He replaces Jambyn Batmonh, 64, who resigned last week as Communist Party chief and this week as president.

-Associated Press

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