Kyrgyzstan
-Supreme Council
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
Jogorku Kenesh (Supreme Council)
Chamber name
Jogorku Kenesh (Supreme Council)
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1996
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 Supreme Council
Speaker
Dastanbek
Artisbekovich Dzhumabekov
(Male)
Year of birth
1976
Term
25.10.2017
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.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Samatbek
Ibraev
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 13 April 2017.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Compare data of this field.
Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
120
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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.
Population (in thousands)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
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
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Aisuluu Mamasheva (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
64
Oldest member
Anvar Artykov (Male)
Number of members, by age
| 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 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 65 | Total >= 46: 55 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Female | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Members for whom data is available
120
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.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Notes
Legislated Quota. At least 15 per cent of candidates on party lists must be younger than 35 years of age, and at least 5 candidates must be included in the lists of the first 65 candidates.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Constitutional law on Presidential and Jogorku Kenesh Elections (2011, amended 2017).
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.