8th Parliament of Kazakhstan
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The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 8th convocation (Kazakh: Сегізінші шақырылған Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті, romanized: Segızınşı şaqyrılğan Qazaqstan Respublikasy Parlamentı; Russian: Парламент Республики Казахстан восьмого созыва) is the current convocation of the Parliament of Kazakhstan.
Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 8th convocation | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Parliament of Kazakhstan | ||||
Meeting place | Parliament Building Astana, Kazakhstan | ||||
Term | 29 March 2023 (2023-03-29) – | ||||
Election | 19 March 2023 | ||||
Government | Smaiylov II Bektenov | ||||
Mäjilis | |||||
Members | 98 | ||||
Chairman | Älihan Smaiylov | ||||
Deputy Chairmen | Dania Espaeva Albert Rau | ||||
Party control | Amanat (76) | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 55 | ||||
Chairman | Mäulen Äşimbaev | ||||
Deputy Chairmen | Olga Perepechina Jaqyp Asanov | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Following the 2023 legislative election to the lower house Mäjilis, where the composition of the parliament was determined through mixed-member majoritarian representation for the first time since 2004,[1] a total of 98 Mäjilis deputies were elected with 69 from party-list proportional representation and 29 representing the newly reestablished single-mandate territorial constituencies.[2] Since the 3rd Mäjilis, more than three parties had managed to overcome the 5% electoral threshold, leading to the Mäjilis consisting of six parties forming their own factions.[3]
The 8th Parliament of Kazakhstan was first convened in its plenary session on 29 March 2023, under a presidential decree briefly signed by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.[4]