Milestones

ELECTED. MIYEEGOMBO ENKHBOLD , 41, chairman of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP); as Prime Minister of Mongolia; in Ulan Bator. The MPRP withdrew from the governing coalition last month to protest former Prime Minister Tsakhia Elbegdorj's economic policies, prompting Elbegdorj to resign and hundreds of supporters on both sides to rally outside parliament in freezing weather. Enkhbold, the former mayor of the capital, Ulan Bator, has promised to fight government corruption and attract investors to the mineral-rich country.

ELECTED. STEPHEN HARPER , 46, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada; as the nation's 22nd Prime Minister, ending the 13-year...