Chairman of the Mäjilis

Chairman of the Mäjilis
since 1 February 2022
AppointerMäjilis
Term lengthNone
Inaugural holderMarat Ospanov
Formation30 January 1996
WebsiteOfficial website of the Mäjilis
Politics of Kazakhstan

Commonwealth of Independent States CIS member state

The Chairman of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті Мәжілісінің Төрағасы; Russian: Председатель Мажилиса Парламента Республики Казахстан) 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. Portrait Name Took office Left office Political Party
1 Marat Ospanov

(1949–2000)

30 January 1996 1 December 1999 Independent
Otan
2 Zharmakhan Tuyakbay

(1947–)

1 December 1999 3 November 2004 Otan
3 Oral Muhamedjanov

(1947–2013)

3 November 2004 20 June 2007 Otan
Nur Otan
4 Aslan Musin

(1955–)

2 September 2007 13 October 2008 Nur Otan
5 Oral Muhamedjanov

(1947–2013)

13 October 2008 16 November 2011 Nur Otan
6 Nurlan Nigmatulin

(1961–)

20 January 2012 3 April 2014 Nur Otan
7 Kabibulla Dzhakupov

(1949–)

3 April 2014 20 January 2016 Nur Otan
8 Baktykozha Izmukhambetov

(1947–)

25 March 2016 22 June 2016 Nur Otan
9 Nurlan Nigmatulin

(1961–)

22 June 2016 1 February 2022 Nur Otan
10 Erlan Qoşanov

(1963–)

1 February 2022 Present Amanat

See also

References

  1. ^ "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN". akorda.kz. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  2. ^ "History of Mazhilis". parlam.kz. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2020-10-21.