Chair of the Mazhilis

The Chair of the Mazhilis (Kazakh: Мәжілісінің Төрағасы) heads the one of the Parliament chambers and is responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary joint meetings.[1] The post was created on 30 January 1996 at the first session opening after the 1995 Kazakhstani constitutional referendum which was held in 30 August 1995 where majority of Kazakh voters approved of the new constitution which created the a bicameral parliament that included the lower-house Mazhilis.[2]

Chair of the Mazhilis
Incumbent Nurlan Nigmatulin since 22 June 2016
Appointer	Mazhilis
Term length	None
Inaugural holder	Marat Ospanov
Formation	30 January 1996
Website	parlam.kz

List of Chairs

№		Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1			Marat Ospanov (1949–2000)	30 January 1996	1 December 1999	Independent
						Otan
2			Zharmakhan Tuyakbay (1947–)	1 December 1999	3 November 2004	Otan
3			Oral Muhamedjanov (1948–2013)	3 November 2004	20 June 2007	Otan
						Nur Otan
4			Aslan Musin (1954–)	2 September 2007	13 October 2008	Nur Otan
5			Oral Muhamedjanov (1948–2013)	13 October 2008	16 November 2011	Nur Otan
6			Nurlan Nigmatulin (1962–)	20 January 2012	3 April 2014	Nur Otan
7			Kabibulla Dzhakupov (1949–)	3 April 2014	20 January 2016	Nur Otan
8			Baktykozha Izmukhambetov (1948–)	25 March 2016	22 June 2016	Nur Otan
9			Nurlan Nigmatulin (1962–)	22 June 2016	Incumbent	Nur Otan

See also

• Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan
• Mazhilis

References

1. "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN". akorda.kz. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
2. "History of Mazhilis". parlam.kz. Retrieved 2020-10-21.