Chairman of the Mäjilis explained

Post:Chairman
Body:the Mäjilis
Insignia:Assembly of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan logo.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Incumbent:Erlan Qoşanov
Incumbentsince:1 February 2022
Appointer:Mäjilis
Termlength:None
Formation:30 January 1996
Inaugural:Marat Ospanov
Website:Official website of the Mäjilis

The Chairman of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (;) is a presiding officer of the lower house Mäjilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, and is responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary joint meetings.[1] The post was formed on 30 January 1996 at the first parliamentary session opening after the 1995 constitutional referendum which was held in August 1995 where majority of Kazakh voters approved of the new constitution which created a bicameral legislature that included the lower chamber Mäjilis.[2]

List of chairmen

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical Party
1Marat Ospanov(1949–2000)30 January 19961 December 1999Independent
Otan
2Zharmakhan Tuyakbay(1947–)1 December 19993 November 2004Otan
3Oral Muhamedjanov(1947–2013)3 November 200420 June 2007Otan
Nur Otan
4Aslan Musin(1955–)2 September 200713 October 2008Nur Otan
5Oral Muhamedjanov(1947–2013)13 October 200816 November 2011Nur Otan
6Nurlan Nigmatulin(1961–)20 January 20123 April 2014Nur Otan
7Kabibulla Dzhakupov(1949–)3 April 201420 January 2016Nur Otan
8Baktykozha Izmukhambetov(1947–)25 March 201622 June 2016Nur Otan
9Nurlan Nigmatulin(1961–)22 June 20161 February 2022Nur Otan
10Erlan Qoşanov(1963–)1 February 2022PresentAmanat

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706201050/http://www.akorda.kz:80/en/official_documents/constitution . 2015-07-06 . 2020-10-21. akorda.kz.
  2. Web site: History of Mazhilis. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160101143849/http://www.parlam.kz:80/en/mazhilis/history?id=history . 2016-01-01 . 2020-10-21. parlam.kz.