Mäjilis

The Majilis (Kazakh: Мәжіліс, also transliterated as Mazhilis; "Assembly" in Kazakh) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Kazakhstan, known as the Parlamenti, in the Government of Kazakhstan. The upper house of Parliament is the Senate of Kazakhstan. There are 107 seats (98+9). Members of Parliament are elected to five year terms.

The Chairman of the Majilis is Baktykozha Izmukhambetov.

Brief history

In the first election under the new parliamentary structure, all seats in both houses of parliament were contested in December 1995; runoff elections filled twenty-three seats in the Majlis for which the initial vote was inconclusive. International observers reported procedural violations in the Majlis voting. The new parliament, which was seated in January 1996, included sixty-eight Kazak and thirty-one Russian deputies; even ten deputies were women.

Chairmen of the Majilis

Name	Period	Born/Died
Marat Ospanov	January 30, 1996–December 1, 1999	1949-2000
Jarmakhan Tuyakbay	December 1, 1999–November 2, 2004	b. 1947
Ural Mukhamedzhanov	November 2, 2004–September 2, 2007	1948-2013
Aslan Musin	September 2, 2007–October 13, 2008	b. 1954
Ural Mukhamedzhanov	October 13, 2008–January 20, 2012	1948-2013
Nurlan Nigmatulin	January 20, 2012–April 3, 2014	b. 1962
Kabibulla Dzhakupov	April 3, 2014–March 25, 2016	b. 1949
Baktykozha Izmukhambetov	since March 25, 2016	b. 1948

Latest election

Mazhilis composition.

Members (since 1990)

• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan, 1990–1994
• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan, 1994–1995
• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan, 1995–1999
• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan, 1999–2004
• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan, 2004–2007
• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan, 2007–2012
• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan, 2012–2016
• List of members of the Assembly of Kazakhstan (Current)

External links

• Parliament website
• Structure of Kazakhstan's government