The Oliy Majlis (

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''Олий Мажлис'', ) is the parliament of

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. It succeeded the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 1995, and was unicameral until a reform implemented in January 2005 created a second chamber. The

legislative chamber A legislative chamber or house is a deliberative assembly within a legislature which generally meets and votes separately from the legislature's other chambers. Legislatures are usually unicameral, consisting of only one chamber, or bicameral ...

has 150 deputies elected from territorial constituencies. The

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

has 100 members, 84 elected from the regions, from the Autonomous Republic of

Karakalpakstan Karakalpakstan, / officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, / is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It occupies the whole northwestern part of Uzbekistan. The capital is Nukus (' / ). The Republic of Karakalpakstan has an area of , and ...

and from the capital,

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

, and an additional 16 nominated by the

President of Uzbekistan The president of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining Prezidenti, Ўзбекистон Республикасининг Президенти) is the head of state and executive authority in Uzbekistan. The office of Pre ...

. Both houses have five-year terms.

History

Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR

The Supreme Soviet of the

Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз� ...

( uz, Ўзбекистон ССР Олий Совети, russian: Верховный Совет Узбекской ССР) operated in the country during the

Soviet era The history of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and "Soviet Union" often are synonymous in everyday speech (either acknowledging the dominance ...

as its main legislature. Since its establishment in July 1938, when it succeeded the All-Uzbek Congress of Soviets, it has held 12

convocation A convocation (from the Latin ''wikt:convocare, convocare'' meaning "to call/come together", a translation of the Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:ἐκκλησία, ἐκκλησία ''ekklēsia'') is a group of people formally assembled for a speci ...

s: *1st convocation (1938–1946) *2nd convocation (1947–1950) *3rd convocation (1951–1954) *4th convocation (1955–1959) *5th convocation (1959–1962) *6th convocation (1963–1966) *7th convocation (1967–1970) *8th convocation (1971–1974) *9th convocation (1975–1979) *10th convocation (1980–1984) *11th convocation (1985–1989) *12th convocation (1990–1994) On 31 August 1991, during an extraordinary 6th session of the Supreme Soviet, the independence and sovereignty of Uzbekistan was proclaimed. In 1992, the Soviet was renamed to reflect the country's new independence status. After the last convocation, the Supreme Soviet was dissolved and converted into the Supreme Assembly in February 1995.

Office holders

From February 1995 to January 2005, the Chairman of the unicameral Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan was

Erkin Khalilov Erkin is a masculine given name which is also used as a surname. People with the name include: Given name *Erkin Abdulla (born 1978), Uyghur pop singer *Erkin Alptekin (born 1939), Uyghur human rights activist from Germany * Erkin Alymbekov, Kyr ...

, who had been Acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1993 to 1995. Since 2005 the Senate and Legislative Chamber have each had their own presiding officer.

Speaker of the Legislative Chamber

(January 27, 2005 – January 23, 2008) *

Diloram Tashmukhamedova Diloram Gafurjanovna Tashmukhamedova ( uz, Dilorom Gʻofurjonovna Toshmuhamedova, born December 19, 1962) is an Uzbek politician. Tashmukhamedova was born in Tashkent into a family of workers; she is an ethnic Uzbek. After graduation from second ...

(January 23, 2008 – January 12, 2015) * (since January 12, 2015, Incumbent)

Chairman of the Senate

* (January 27, 2005 – February 24, 2006) * (February 24, 2006 – January 22, 2015) *

Nigmatilla Yuldashev Nigmatilla Tulkinovich Yuldashev (, born 5 November 1962)Biography of Minister
Ministry of Justice ...

(since January 22, 2015, Incumbent) * Tanzila Norbaeva (21 June 2019)

References

External links

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