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
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
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Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940.
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1991
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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
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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 right to vote
No information available
Women’s right to stand for election
No information available