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Almaty City Mäslihat
The Almaty City Mäslihat (, ; ) is a local unicameral legislative branch in the city of Almaty. It is led by the current secretary, Meyirjan Otynşiev ( Amanat). Composition The City Mäslihat is composed of 42 deputies, half of which are elected through party-list proportional representation and the other half of which are elected regardless of their party affiliation, through single-mandate election. A deputy of the mäslihat may be a citizen of Kazakhstan who has reached 20 years of age and can be a member of only one mäslihat. Members of the local legislature are elected every 5 years. Before the 2023 election, the Mäslihat deputies used to be elected by a 7% threshold through party-list proportional representation. If only one parties managed to bypass the electoral threshold, then the party would've won the second highest number of votes is granted enough seats for representation in the mäslihat regardless of whether it had passed the threshold or not. History The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanat (political Party)
Amanat (; ; officially stylized in all caps), previously known as Nur Otan (; ), is a Ruling party, ruling List of political parties in Kazakhstan, political party of Kazakhstan and the largest political association in the country, with around 800,000 members as of 2023. The party holds a majority of seats in the Mäjilis, the lower house of Parliament of Kazakhstan, maintaining its dominant influence in the nation's legislature. Originally founded in 1999 as the Otan (), the party was formed through the merger of several pro-presidential groups, including the Union of People's Unity of Kazakhstan, People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity, the Liberal Movement of Kazakhstan, and the For Kazakhstan — 2030 Movement. In 2006, the party was renamed Nur Otan, and in 2022, it adopted the current name Amanat. Under the leadership of Nursultan Nazarbayev from its founding following the 1999 Kazakh presidential election, 1999 presidential election until 2022, Amanat became the ruling party o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
