Uzbekistan
Legislative Chamber
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Presidential-Parliamentary
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Bicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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Yes
Data on women
Information on the current and historical representation of women in the parliament. Consult the 'Elections' tab to see how women have fared in elections or renewals.
Current representation
Women's representation in the current parliament or chamber
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Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
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136
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Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
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47
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Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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34.6%
Speaker
No information available
Secretary general
No information available
Chairs of specialized bodies
| Specialized body | Theme | Name | Sex | Age |
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| Commission on Family and Women’s Affairs | Gender equality | Maksuda Azizovna | Female | 62 |
Data on age at the start of the legislature
Number of members, by age (2020-01)
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Age at the last election or renewal | Overall | Male | Female |
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| 4.9% | 3.5% | 1.4% | |
| 29.2% | 24% | 4.9% | |
| 47.9% | 40% | 7.6% |
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3(2020-01)
Reserved seats and quotas
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There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
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No
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Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote gender-balanced representation in parliament
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Yes
Notes: ‘The number of women shall constitute not less than 30 per cent of the total number of candidates deputy nominated by a political party’ ( https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas )
Sources: Law on Elections of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, Article 22 (4).
First woman in parliament
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Year of first woman in parliament
Year in which the first woman entered parliament
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1990
Notes: 1990: The Soviet Supreme of the SSR of Uzbekistan became the first legislature of Uzbekistan after the country became independent on 31 August 1991; Uzbek women were previously elected to the Supreme Soviet of the SSR of Uzbekistan and to the USSR Parliament; the independent country's first general elections took place in December 1994 when 15 women were elected out of 250 members
First woman speaker
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Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
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2008
Women’s suffrage
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Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940.
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1991
Women's caucus
Women's caucuses or parliamentary groups that bring together women parliamentarians to strengthen cooperation and amplify their voices. For other parliamentary bodies or committees that have a specific mandate to address gender equality matters, see the ‘Specialized body – Gender equality’ tab.
There is currently no women's caucus in this chamber.