Puntsagiin Jasrai
With the collapse of communist power in 1990 Jasrai resigned his government and party posts and became president of the Association of Mongolian Production and Services Cooperatives.In this role he was able to make several consultative visits to foreign countries where he established important contacts for the development of Mongolia's economy.Before the selection Jasrai had told the members of the State Great Hural that he was "not a politician, rather a simple Economist" and promised that, if elected, he would work towards the expanding economic development and democracy in Mongolia.In summer 1993, opposition parties strongly criticized Jasrai and his government for not doing enough to prevent a worsening of the economy and they continued calls for his resignation throughout most of his term in office.In the July 1996 parliamentary elections, the Democratic Union proved victorious, ushering the first non-MPRP government since Mongolia's independence in 1921.