Maschilis

**Maschilis**
Basic data
Seat:	Nur-Sultan
Legislative period :	four years
First session:	January 30, 1996
MPs:	107
Current legislative period
Last choice:	March 20, 2016
Chair:	Nurlan Nyghmatulin
	84 7th 7th 9 84 7th 7th 9
Distribution of seats:	Otan 84 only; Ak Schol 7; KVK 7; Independent 9;
	Website
	www.parlam.kz

The Mäschilis or Majlis is the lower house in the two-chamber parliamentary system of Kazakhstan . The upper house is the Senate .

107 MPs are elected to the lower house for four years each. 9 MPs are appointed by the Kazakh President to represent ethnic minorities .

elections

The 2016 parliamentary election took place on March 20, 2016. The only ruling party is the Kazakh party Nur Otan .

The current distribution of seats is as follows:

Only Otan 84 seats
Democratic Party Ak Schol 7 seats
Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan 7 seats
Appointed representatives of ethnic minorities 9 seats

Seat

The parliament complex for both chambers, Mäschilis and Senate, is located in the capital Nur-Sultan . It was built in 2004. The Mäschilis Tower is 100 meters high, making it one of the tallest buildings in Kazakhstan . The parliament complex is located in the new government district near the Ak Orda presidential palace .

photos
Parliament building in Nur-Sultan
Mäschilis Tower

Chairperson

No.	Surname	Life dates	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
1	Marat Ospanov	1949-2000	January 30, 1996	December 1, 1999
2	Sharmachan Tujaqbai	* 1947	December 1, 1999	November 2, 2004
3	Oral Muchamedzhanov	1948-2013	November 2, 2004	September 2, 2007
4th	Aslan Mussin	* 1954	September 2, 2007	October 13, 2008
5	Oral Muchamedzhanov	1948-2013	October 13, 2008	January 20, 2012
6th	Nurlan Nyghmatulin	* 1962	January 20, 2012	3rd April 2014
7th	Qabibolla Shaqypov	* 1949	3rd April 2014	March 25, 2016
8th	Baqtyqosha Ismukhambetov	* 1948	March 25, 2016	June 22, 2016
9	Nurlan Nyghmatulin	* 1962	June 22, 2016

Web links

Official website of the Parliament of Kazakhstan

Individual evidence

^ Gerhard Mangott : Burden of Imposed Independence: New States in Post-Soviet Central Asia . Braumüller Verlag, 1996, page 95 ( excerpt) .
^ Kazakhstan - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved November 7, 2015.
↑ Mazhilis Building, Astana (331090 emporis) . Retrieved November 7, 2015.

51.127637 71.441174Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 39.5 " N , 71 ° 26 ′ 28.2" E

[1] Gerhard Mangott : Burden of Imposed Independence: New States in Post-Soviet Central Asia . Braumüller Verlag, 1996, page 95 ( excerpt) .

[2] Kazakhstan - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved November 7, 2015.

[3] Mazhilis Building, Astana (331090 emporis) . Retrieved November 7, 2015.