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Kazakhstan

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House of Representatives

This is a bicameral parliament. Switch to theSenate
Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Presidential-Parliamentary
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name
Parlament (Parliament)
Chamber name
Mazhilis (House of Representatives)
Structure & Status of parliament This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1993
IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Eurasia Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Speaker
Nurlan Nigmatulin (Male)
Year of birth
1962
Term
22.06.2016
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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Chief of Staff of the Speaker of the Mazhilis
Secretary General
Serik Aidarbekov (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed in January 2017.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
107
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
98
Indirectly elected members Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
9
Note on the statutory number of members
Nine members are indirectly elected with the consent of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan.
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
107
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
29
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
27.1% See historical data for this field.
Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
154 See historical data for this field.
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
17,750
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
115,260 See historical data for this field.

Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature.

 

Average age of all members
Not available
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
35
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Youngest member
Almas Turtayev (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
73
Oldest member
Rozakul Khalmuradov (Male)
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 0 2 5 8 50 39 2 0 0
Total <= 45: 7 Total >= 46: 99
Male 0 0 2 5 6 35 30 2 0 0 80
Female 0 0 0 0 2 15 9 0 0 0 26
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger0%0%0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger1.89%1.89%0%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger6.6%6.6%0%
Members for whom data is available
106

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Yes
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Number of reserved seats, by group
Notes
9 seats are reserved for representatives of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
No
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Legal source Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
#70-4 Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan" adopted on October 20, 2008
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
No
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