Supreme Assembly (Uzbekistan)

Supreme Assembly Oliy Majlis
5th Supreme Assembly
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate Legislative Chamber
History
Founded	February 1995
Leadership
Chairman of the Senate	Ilgizar Sobirov Since 24 February 2006
Chairman of the Legislative Chamber	Diloram Tashmukhamedova Since 23 January 2008
Structure
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)
Senate political groups	Non-partisan
Legislative Chamber political groups	Liberal Democratic Party (52)      National Revival Democratic Party (36)      People's Democratic Party (27)      Justice Social Democratic Party (20)      Ecological Movement (15)
Elections
Legislative Chamber voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Legislative Chamber last election	21 December 2014 and 4 January 2015
Meeting place
Tashkent
Website
www.senat.gov.uz parliament.gov.uz

The Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) 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.

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

In the first ten years of independence (February 1995–January 2005) the Chairman of the then unicameral Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan was Erkin Khalilov, who had been Acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 1993–1995. Since 2005 the Senate and Legislative Chamber have each had their own presiding officer

Chairman of the Legislative Chamber

• Erkin Khalilov (January 27, 2005 – January 23, 2008)
• Diloram G. Tashmukhamedova (since January 23, 2008, Incumbent)

Chairman of the Senate

• Murat Sharifkhodjayev (January 27, 2005 – February 24, 2006)
• Ilgizar Sobirov (since February 24, 2006, Incumbent)

See also

• List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
• Politics of Uzbekistan
• List of legislatures by country

External links

• Senate of the Oliy Majlis
• Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis