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kazakhstan*

H.E. Berik Imashev,
Chairperson, Central Election Commission

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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Republic of Kazakhstan
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation •Senate (Upper House) Mazhilis (Lower House)
President Kassym-Jomart TOKAYEV 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
4. Head of government Designation 107-member lower house (Mazhilis) and a
Prime Minister Askar MAMIN
49-member upper house (Senate).
5. Capital Ninety eight Mazhilis deputies are elected in a na-
Nur-Sultan
tionwide constituency on the basis of proportional
6. Currency representation. Nine deputies of the Mazhilis shall
Tenge be elected by the Assembly of the People of Ka-
zakhstan
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Kazakh (65.5%), Russian(21.5%), Uzbek (3.0%), 4. Popular House
Ukrainian (1.8%), Uyghur (1.4%), Tatar (1.2%), Ger- 5. Type of Electoral System
man (1.1%), Others (4.5%).
Mazhilis-Party List System Senat - Majority
8. Date of Independence
16 December 1991(from USSR)
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9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution ELECtorAL sYstEM
30 August 1995

10. Language (s) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
Kazakh (official state language),
Russian (co-official) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Central Election Commission of the Republic of
11. Literacy Levels Kazakhstan
Male: 99.83% Female: 99.74% Total:99.78%

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