Uzbekistan

Senate

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
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

Current number of members
90
Women
22
Percentage of women
24.4%

Speaker

Speaker
Tanzila Narbaeva (Female)
Date of birth: 1956
Additional information

Elected on 21 June 2019, re-elected on 21 Jan. 2020.

Secretary general

No information available

Chairs of specialized bodies

Specialized body Theme Name Sex Age
Committee on Women and Gender Equality Gender equality Feruza Eshmatova Female 44

Data on age at the start of the legislature

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 1 4 10 8 18 24 7 0 0 72
Female 0 0 0 1 4 9 7 2 0 0 23
Totals per age interval 0 1 4 11 12 27 31 9 0 0 95
Total <= 45: 16 Total >= 46: 79
Percentage of members, by age
Age at the last election or renewal Overall Male Female
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger
1.1% 1.1% 0.0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger
5.3% 5% 0.0%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger
16.8% 16% 1.1%
Members for whom age data is not available
5
(2020-01)

Reserved seats and quotas

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

Notes: The number of women must be not less than 30% of the total number of candidates

Sources: Election Law: On elections to the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan

First woman in parliament

Year of first woman in parliament
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

Year of first woman speaker
2008

Women’s suffrage

Date of independence
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.

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