Ulaanbaatar
President Khurelsukh Welcomed by President Sergio Mattarella
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, December 2, 2025
/MONTSAME/. President
of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa is paying a State Visit to the Italian Republic
at the invitation of President Sergio Mattarella.
President of Italy Sergio Mattarella and First
Lady Laura Mattarella have officially welcomed President of Mongolia Khurelsukh
Ukhnaa and First Lady Bolortsetseg Luvsandorj. Upon the arrival of President
Khurelsukh and First Lady Bolortsetseg at the Presidential Quirinal Palace, a
brass band, the State Honor Guard, and mounted soldiers were lined up.
After President Sergio Mattarella and
his daughter Laura Mattarella welcomed and greeted the guests, the National Anthems of the two countries were played by the band. At that moment, the State
Flag of Mongolia was raised above the Presidential Palace. After the Commander
of the Honor Guard delivered his salute, the Heads of State of the two
countries paid their respects to the Honor Guard’s banner.
President of the Italian Republic
Sergio Mattarella is a jurist by profession. He has served as a lecturer at the
University of Palermo, a member and chair of several parliamentary committees,
President of the Chamber of Deputies, Minister of Education, Deputy Prime
Minister, Minister of Defense, Vice President of the Parliamentary Council for
Administrative Law, and a judge of the Constitutional Court.
He served as President from 2015 to
2022 and was re-elected in 2022 for another seven-year term. He is the 12th Head
of State of his country and the second president to be re-elected. The
Presidential Quirinale Palace is named after a temple built in the 4th century
BCE dedicated to Quirinus, a deity associated with health and protection.
The foundation of the palace was laid in the 15th century, and it was expanded and renovated by Pope Gregory XIII between 1583 and 1585, and by Pope Sixtus V in 1587. When the Kingdom of Italy unified Rome in 1870, the palace became the royal residence.
