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Kyrgyzstan

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Supreme Council

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
Unicameral
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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
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
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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.
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.
120
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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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.
120
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
23
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
19.17% 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.
120
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
5,865
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
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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.
28
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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
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 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
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger4.17%2.5%1.67%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger35%26.67%8.33%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger54.17%41.67%12.5%
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.
No
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Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
No
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Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Yes
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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).

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