In the past, the area of modern day Mongolia was ruled under the leadership of Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire. It later evolved to be incorporated into the Qing Dynasty which collapsed in 1911 prior to a long struggle to receive international recognition of its de facto independence from the Republic of China in 1945 in which time the country had ties to the Soviet Union.
Nowadays, Mongolia has strong institutional frameworks underpinning free and fair democratic elections. The new constitution has been enabled since 1992 and the current president is Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj under whose office has brought strong economic growth and social stability.