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 the Government of Kazakhstan. The upper house of Parliament is the Senate of Kazakhstan. There are 77 seats, 67 in single seat constituencies and 10 by proportional representation, in the Majilis. Members of Parliament are elected to four year terms.Fact|date=February 2007

The 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]