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The National Council of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Milli Geňeşi) was
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
's bicameral national legislative body or parliament from March 2021 until January 2023. The upper chamber was the People's Council () and the lower chamber was the Assembly (). The National Council was created in March 2021 following election of members to the upper chamber, which in turn followed a constitutional amendment in late 2020. In January 2023 both chambers of parliament proposed to abolish the Halk Maslahaty as a legislative organ, to reform it as an independent body, and to place all legislative authority with a unicameral Mejlis. The National Council was accordingly abolished by unanimous vote of its members in a joint session of the People's Council and Assembly on 21 January 2023.


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* Assembly of Turkmenistan *
People's Council of Turkmenistan The People's Council of Turkmenistan ( tk, Halk Maslahaty, ɑlq mɑθlɑxɑt̪ɯ "People's Council") is the upper chamber of Turkmenistan's Parliament, the " National Council" ( tk, Milli Geňeş). It consists of 56 members, 48 elected from th ...
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Politics of Turkmenistan The politics of Turkmenistan takes place in the framework of a presidential system, presidential republic, whereby the President of Turkmenistan is both head of state and head of government. However, no true opposition parties are allowed; every ...


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