President: Mongolia - Nambaryn Enkhbayar, parliamentary speaker and the candidate of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, the MPRP, won presidential elections in May 2005. Mr Enkhbayar, a former prime minister, pledged to fight poverty and unemployment. The MPRP, the former communist party, ruled Mongolia for much of the 20th century and enjoyed Moscow's backing in Soviet times. Although the prime minister and parliament exercise real political power, the Mongolian president heads the armed forces and has the power of veto in parliament. Frequent changes of government have enhanced the role of the presidency. A literary scholar, Mr Enkhbayar studied in Moscow and in Britain.