Turkmenistan

Assembly People’s Council

Assembly

Political system: Presidential system
Structure of parliament: Unicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Date of independence: 1991
Year of first woman in parliament: 1990

Notes: 1990: The Supreme Soviet (Yokani Soveti) of the SSR of Turkmenistan became the first legislature of Turkmenistan after the country became independent on 27 October 1991; Turkmenistan women had been previously elected to the Supreme Soviet of the SSR of Turkmenistan and the USSR Parliament; the independent country's first general elections took place in December 1994 when 8 women were elected out of 175 members
Year of first woman speaker: 2006

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1927
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Notes: Prior to independence, under Soviet administration, women were granted the right to vote in 1927. This right was confirmed at independence.

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: 1991
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: Universal

Notes: Prior to independence, under Soviet administration, women were granted the right to vote and stand for election in 1927. These rights were confirmed at independence.

Updated at	Structure of parliament
2023-01	Unicameral
2021-03	Bicameral
-	Unicameral