Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan explained

Post:Deputy Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Insigniasize:100px
Incumbent:Asqar Şäkirov
Nurlan Äbdirov
Incumbentsince:1 September 2020
Nominator:Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Appointer:Senate of Kazakhstan
Termlength:None
Formation:30 January 1996
Inaugural:Sergey Tikhonov
Website:senate.parlam.kz

The Deputy Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan is a post in the upper house of the Parliament which is the Senate of Kazakhstan. The Deputy Chair is nominated by the Senate Chair who are then elected by the Senators. The post was established on 30 January 1996 and since the constitutional amendments in May 2007, the office has been occupied by two people at the same time.[1] The Deputy Chair carries out tasks made by Senate Chair and responsibilities if the chair isn't able to fulfill them.[2]

The Deputy Chair could be dismissed by the Senators only with the proposal by the Chair.

List of Deputy Chairs

ConvocationNameTook officeLeft officeSenate Chair
1st(1996–1999)Sergey Tikhonov30 January 199615 May 1998Omirbek Baigeldi
Aitkul Samaqova15 May 199810 March 1999
Äbilgazy Qusaiynov10 March 19991 December 1999
2nd(1999–2004)Omirbek Baigeldi1 December 19991 December 2005Oralbay Abdykarimov
Nurtai Abykayev
3rd(2004–2007)Muhambet Kopeev1 December 200524 November 2011
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
4th(2007–2012)
Aleksandr Sudin3 September 200726 August 2013
Qairat Işçanov24 November 201114 January 2016Kairat Mami
5th(2012–2016)Sergey Gromov3 September 201316 September 2016
Asqar Beisenbaev14 January 201612 August 2019Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
6th(2016–2021)
Bektas Beknazarov16 September 201628 August 2020
Asqar Şäkirov2 September 2019PresentDariga Nazarbayeva
Nurlan Äbdirov1 September 2020PresentMäulen Äşimbaev

References

  1. Web site: ТӨРТІНШІ САЙЛАНҒАН ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ ПАРЛАМЕНТІ СЕНАТЫ ҚЫЗМЕТІНІҢ ҚОРЫТЫНДЫЛАРЫ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028231748/http://senate.parlam.kz/en-US/docs/download?id=4&url=activity/results . 2020-10-28 . 2020-10-23. senate.parlam.kz. kk.
  2. 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 . 2020-10-23. akorda.kz.