- Majilis
The Majilis (also transliterated as Mazhilis; "Assembly" in Kazakh) is the lower house of the
bicameral Parliament of Kazakhstan , known as the "Parlamenti", in theGovernment of Kazakhstan . The upper house of Parliament is theSenate of Kazakhstan . There are 77 seats, 67 in single seatconstituencies and 10 byproportional representation , in the Majilis. Members of Parliament are elected to four year terms.Fact|date=February 2007The Chairman of the Majilis is Ural Mukhamedzhanov. [http://english.people.com.cn/200610/14/eng20061014_311781.html Kazakhstan to deepen cooperation with China: Kazakh top officials] People's Daily Online]
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; only ten deputies were women.Fact|date=February 2007
Latest election
References
External links
* [http://www.parlam.kz/Information.aspx?lan=en-US Parliament website]
* [http://www.photius.com/countries/kazakhstan/government/kazakhstan_government_structure_of_governm~9470.html Structure of Kazakhstan's government]
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