Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan

The Deputy Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Сенаты Төрағасының Орынбасары) is a post in the upper house of the Parliament which is the Senate of Kazakhstan. The Deputy Chair is nominated by the Senate Chair who are then elected by the Senators. The post was established on 30 January 1996 and since the constitutional amendments in May 2007, the office has been occupied by two people at the same time.^[1] The Deputy Chair carries out tasks made by Senate Chair and responsibilities if the chair isn't able to fulfill them.^[2]

Deputy Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Incumbent Asqar Şäkirov Nurlan Äbdirov since 1 September 2020
Nominator	Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Appointer	Senate of Kazakhstan
Term length	None
Inaugural holder	Sergey Tikhonov
Formation	30 January 1996
Website	senate.parlam.kz

The Deputy Chair could be dismissed by the Senators only with the proposal by the Chair.^[2]

List of Deputy Chairs

Convocation	Name	Took office	Left office	Senate Chair
1st (1996–1999)	Sergey Tikhonov	30 January 1996	15 May 1998	Omirbek Baigeldi
	Aitkul Samaqova	15 May 1998	10 March 1999
	Äbilgazy Qusaiynov	10 March 1999	1 December 1999
2nd (1999–2004)	Omirbek Baigeldi	1 December 1999	1 December 2005	Oralbay Abdykarimov
				Nurtai Abykayev
3rd (2004–2007)	Muhambet Kopeev	1 December 2005	24 November 2011
				Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
4th (2007–2012)
	Aleksandr Sudin	3 September 2007	26 August 2013
	Qairat Işçanov	24 November 2011	14 January 2016	Kairat Mami
5th (2012–2016)	Sergey Gromov	3 September 2013	16 September 2016
	Asqar Beisenbaev	14 January 2016	12 August 2019	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
6th (2016–2021)
	Bektas Beknazarov	16 September 2016	28 August 2020
	Asqar Şäkirov	2 September 2019	Present	Dariga Nazarbayeva
	Nurlan Äbdirov	1 September 2020	Present	Mäulen Äşimbaev

References

1. "ТӨРТІНШІ САЙЛАНҒАН ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ ПАРЛАМЕНТІ СЕНАТЫ ҚЫЗМЕТІНІҢ ҚОРЫТЫНДЫЛАРЫ". senate.parlam.kz (in Kazakh). Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
2. "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN". akorda.kz. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2020-10-23.