The Supreme Council of Kazakhstan (), was a

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

legislative branch A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as ...

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, Uzbeki ...

that existed from 1993 to 1995. The Supreme Council succeeded the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR after the new Constitution of Kazakhstan was adopted on 28 January 1993. During this period, the Supreme Council had its members elected in the

1994 Kazakh legislative election Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 7 March 1994, alongside local elections. The People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity emerged as the largest party with 33 of the 177 seats, although 64 independents were also elected. Supporters of the P ...

which was held for the first time in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. It existed to function until its dissolution on 11 March 1995 by a Presidential Decree after the Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan ruled in the favor Kazakhstani journalist Tatyana Kvyatkovskaya to nullify the results of the 1994 legislative election which she accused of being fraudulent. The Supreme Council was eventually by the

Parliament of Kazakhstan The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Парламенті, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Parlamentı; rus, Парламент Республики Казахстан, r=Parliament Res ...

in 1996 which was established after the 1995 Kazakh constitutional referendum.

List of chairmen

Chairmen of the Supreme Council

Serikbolsyn Abdildin Serikbolsyn Abdildauly Abdildin ( kk, Серікболсын Әбділдаұлы Әбділдин, ''Serikbolsyn Ábdildauly Ábdildın''; 25 November 1937 – 31 December 2019) was a Kazakh economist, politician, First Secretary of the Communis ...

(January 28, 1993 – December 13, 1993) *

Abish Kekilbayev Abish Kekilbayev (sometimes Kekilbayuly, kk, Әбіш Кекілбайұлы, ''Äbış Kekılbaiūly'', ; 6 December 1939 – 11 December 2015) was a Kazakh National writer and politician who served as a Senator of Kazakhstan from 2002 to 2010 ...

(1994 – March 11, 1995)

Convocations

* 12th convocation (1990–1993){{Cite news, last=Reuters, date=1995-03-12, title=Kazakh Parliament Ended (Published 1995), language=en-US, work=The New York Times, url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/12/world/kazakh-parliament-ended.html, access-date=2020-10-25, issn=0362-4331 * 13th convocation (1994–1995)

References

1993 establishments in Kazakhstan 1995 disestablishments in Kazakhstan Defunct unicameral legislatures