Type Bicameral | Founded February 1995 | |
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Houses Senate
Legislative Chamber Chairman of the Senate Ilgizar Sobirov
Since 24 February 2006 Chairman of the Legislative Chamber Diloram Tashmukhamedova
Since 23 January 2008 Seats 250
Senate (100) (84 directly elected and 16 appointed by the president)
Legislative Chamber (150) (135 elected for 5-year terms in single-seat constituencies using the two-round system and 15 selected by Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan) | ||
The Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis/Олий Мажлис) is the parliament of Uzbekistan. It succeeded the Supreme Soviet in 1995, and was unicameral until a reform implemented in January 2005 created a second chamber.
Contents
The Legislative Chamber has 150 deputies elected from territorial constituencies. The Senate has 100 members, 84 elected from the regions, from the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan and from the capital, Tashkent, and an additional 16 nominated by the President of Uzbekistan.
Both houses have five-year terms.
Office holders
From February 1995 to January 2005, the Chairman of the unicameral Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan was Erkin Khalilov, who had been Acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1993 to 1995. Since 2005 the Senate and Legislative Chamber have each had their own presiding officer.