Uzbekistan

Legislative Chamber

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

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
Oliy Majlis (Supreme Assembly)
Chamber name
Qonunchilik palatasi (Legislative Chamber)
Structure & status of parliament
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1992 to 2006
from 2017
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
Eurasia Group

Speaker

Official title
Speaker of the Legslative Chamber
Speaker
Nuriddin Ismoilov (Male)
Date of birth: 20 Jan 1959
Term
12 Jan 2015
Additional information

Elected on 12 Jan. 2015, re-elected on 20 Jan. 2020.

Speaker terms

No information available

Secretary general

Official title
Head of the Secretariat
Secretary General
Ikramov Ravshan Aktamovich (Male)
Term
No information available

Members

Statutory number of members
150
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Directly elected members
150
Current number of members
136
Men
89
Women
47
Percentage of women
34.6%
Statutory number of members per country 
250
Population (in thousands)
35,652
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
142,608

Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Average age of all members
45.7
(2020-01)
Youngest member
Rakhmonov Sherzod Tolibovich (Male)
Youngest member (years)
26
Oldest member
Dosmukhamedov Khurshid Nabievich (Male)
Oldest member (years)
69
Number of members, by age (2020-01)
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
Male 0 5 30 23 14 20 5 0 0 0 97
Female 0 2 5 4 14 19 3 0 0 0 47
Totals per age interval 0 7 35 27 28 39 8 0 0 0 144
Total <= 45: 69 Total >= 46: 75
Percentage of members, by age
Age at the last election or renewal Overall Male Female
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger
4.9% 3.5% 1.4%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger
29.2% 24% 4.9%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger
47.9% 40% 7.6%
Members for whom age data is not available
3
(2020-01)

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
No
Electoral quota for women
Yes

Notes: At least 40% of the candidates for deputies in both single-member constituencies and proportional representation lists of each political party must be women. Within the party lists, a minimum of two out of every five candidates must be women.

Sources:

https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas-database/country?country=240

Article 70 of the Election Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Youth quota
No

Links to additional information

Parliamentary website
List of members
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
Constitution

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No