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4th Mazhilis
The Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 4th convocation was the legislative term of the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan. It existed from 2 September 2007 to 16 November 2011 when it was dissolved to make way for the snap legislative election which formed the 5th Mäjilis. This was the only convocation that where the ruling party Nur Otan held all the directly elected seats due to other parties not passing the 7% threshold. The 4th Mäjilis' term started after the 2007 Kazakh legislative election where its predecessor 3rd Mäjilis was dissolved on 20 June 2007. This was the first election where all the seats where to be allocated through proportional representation, while the 9 seats are reserved to the indirectly elected members of the Assembly of People due to the 2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan. Structure {, class="wikitable" !Office ! colspan="2" , MP !Term ! colspan="2" , Party , - ! rowspan="2" , Chair , rowspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Kazakhstan
The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Парламенті, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Parlamentı; rus, Парламент Республики Казахстан, r=Parliament Respubliki Kazakhstan) is the bicameral legislature of Kazakhstan. The lower house is the Mazhilis, with 107 seats, (98 seats are from party lists, 9 – from Assembly of People) which are elected to five-year terms. The upper house is the Senate, which has 47 members. History In early autumn 1994, journalist and ex-candidate for the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan Tatyana Kvyatkovskaya filed a lawsuit demanding to nullify the results of the 1994 Kazakh legislative election. After lengthy trials in March 1995, the then-existing Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan, despite the objections by President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Supreme Council Chairman Abish Kekilbayev, recognized Kvyatkovskaya's claims as justified on 6 March 1995. As a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabibulla Dzhakupov
Kabibullah Kabenuly Dzhakupov ( kk, Qabıbollah Qabenuly Jaqıpov, born 16 September 1949) is a Kazakhstani politician and civil engineer. He served as Chair of the Mazhilis from 3 April 2014 to 25 March 2016. He has served as a member of the Mazhilis since 2007. Career Kabibullah Dzhakupov was born into a Muslim family on 16 September 1949 in a village in the West Kazakhstan Region. He studied to be a civil engineer at the Tselinograd (Astana) Civil Engineering Institute and graduated in 1972. In 1981 Dzhakupov became politically active on the local level in Oral, Kazakhstan, Oral. From 19 January 1993 to 18 December 2000 he served as the akim of the West Kazakhstan Region. Dzhakupov was chosen to the Mazhilis in the 2007 Kazakh legislative election, 2007 parliamentary elections. He was subsequently reelected in the 2012 Kazakhstani legislative election, 2012 elections for the Nur Otan party. On 3 September 2012 he was elected deputy chair of the Mazhilis after his predecessor B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Amendment To The Constitution Of Kazakhstan
The 2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan modified Kazakhstan's basic law, on May 18, 2007. The changes followed the conclusion of the activities of the 'State Commission on Democratization' formed two years previously. In a speech on May 16 to the Joint Session of the Chambers of Parliament, President Nursultan Nazarbayev summarized the development of Kazakhstan since independence in 1991, and outlined his proposed constitutional changes. The main changes proposed by the President were as follows: *The reduction of the presidential term from 7-years to 5-years, coming into effect after the next election in 2012 *To adopt proportional representation for the Majilis, or lower Chamber of deputies *To increase the number of senators selected by the President, from 7 to 15 *To give to the Senate the power of consultation on the appointment of a President of the National Bank *To increase the number of Majilis deputies to 107 - 98 deputies elected by proportional represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly Of People Of Kazakhstan
The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (; ) is a national political body in Kazakhstan consisting of delegates of the Regional Assemblies of the People. Its task is to represent the various ethnic groups that make up the Central Asian state at national level and to strengthen ethnic/religious coexistence in Kazakh society. It was established in 1995 by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who served as assembly chairman until April 2021. The assembly is presently chaired by Kazakhstan's president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Organization The APK consists of 384 representatives of all ethnic groups living in Kazakhstan drawn from the Regional Assemblies of the People. The law provides that all APK decisions be considered by public authorities and civil society institutions; APK Deputies participate in the legislative process and can propose legislation. APK Deputies elect 9 members to the Mazhilis and the APK review all parliamentary laws to ensure that they are in conformity with the Consti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proportional Representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divisions (political parties) of the electorate. The essence of such systems is that all votes cast - or almost all votes cast - contribute to the result and are actually used to help elect someone—not just a plurality, or a bare majority—and that the system produces mixed, balanced representation reflecting how votes are cast. "Proportional" electoral systems mean proportional to ''vote share'' and ''not'' proportional to population size. For example, the US House of Representatives has 435 districts which are drawn so roughly equal or "proportional" numbers of people live within each district, yet members of the House are elected in first-past-the-post elections: first-past-the-post is ''not'' proportional by vote share. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Mäjilis
The Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 3rd convocation was the legislative term of the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan. It lasted from 3 November 2004 until the dissolution of the Parliament on 20 June 2007. During the convocation, the Otan gained its largest share of the seats after it became merged with Asar, Civic, and Agrarian parties in 2006. The 3rd Mäjilis was formed after the 2004 Kazakh legislative election which took place in September and October 2004. The seats were elected through mixed electoral system before the 2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan which replaced the voting system with proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis .... Structure References Convocations of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Mäjilis
The Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 5th convocation (; ) was the legislative term of the lower house Mäjilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan which was held from 20 January 2012, until its dissolution on 20 January 2016. The convocation was succeeded by the 6th Mazhilis on 25 March 2016. The 5th Mäjilis was formed after the 2012 Kazakh legislative election which took place on 15 January 2012 where 98 members of the Mäjilis were elected based on the party list through proportional representation, while the 9 seats are reserved to the indirectly elected members of the Assembly of People. IFES Structure Members {, class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" , Party !Name , - , style="background-color: " , ,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Kazakh Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 15 January 2012. The result was a victory for the Nur Otan party, which won 83 of the 98 seats in the Mazhilis. However, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) stated that the election "did not meet fundamental principles of democratic elections."OSCE Monitors Criticize Kazakh Vote Failings , 16 January 2012 The elections marked the first time that the second-placed party would gain parliamentary seats irrespective of whether it cleared the 7% |
Vladimir Bobrov
Vladimir Yakovlevich Bobrov (; born 14 August 1953) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as Deputy Chair of the Mäjilis from April 2010 to November 2011, member of the Mazhilis from 2004 to 2012, and member of the Senate of Kazakhstan from 2012 to 2016. Biography Early life and education Bobrov was born in the city of Krasnoturyinsk in the Sverdlovsk Oblast of the Russian SFSR. In 1975 he graduated from the power engineering faculty of the Kazakh State Technical University in Pavlodar with a degree in electrical engineer. In 1985 he defended his academic title of candidate of technical sciences, thesis topic: "Increasing the efficiency of using electrical equipment and power engineering in alumina industries." Career From 1975 to 1988, Bobrov was an assistant, senior lecturer, and the head of the Department of the Kazakh State Technical University. From 1989 to 1992, he was a chief engineer of Installation Department No. 9, Head of the Department of Foreign Econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov
Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov ( kk, Бақытжан Тұрсынұлы Жұмағұлов, ''Baqytjan Tūrsynūly Jūmağūlov''; born 18 August 1953) is a Kazakh politician who was Chairman of Otan and after renamed Nur Otan, the largest political party in Kazakhstan.Kazakh President Appoints New Transportation Minister RadioFreeEurope/RadioFreeLiberty and acting chairman of Nur Otan party, created by merging a number of other parties into Otan. Zhumagulov told reporters in a news conference in Astana on 25 September 2006 that Otan and Asa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per square mile). The country dominates Central Asia economically and politically, generating 60 percent of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry; it also has vast mineral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
