Chairman of the Mäjilis

The Chairman of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті Мәжілісінің Төрағасы, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy Parlamentı Mäjılısınıñ Törağasy; Russian: Председатель Мажилиса Парламента Республики Казахстан) is a presiding officer of the lower house Mäjilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, and is responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary joint meetings.^[1] The post was formed on 30 January 1996 at the first parliamentary session opening after the 1995 constitutional referendum which was held in August 1995 where majority of Kazakh voters approved of the new constitution which created a bicameral legislature that included the lower chamber Mäjilis.^[2]

Chairman of the Mäjilis
Incumbent Erlan Qoşanov since 1 February 2022
Appointer	Mäjilis
Term length	None
Inaugural holder	Marat Ospanov
Formation	30 January 1996
Website	Official website of the Mäjilis

List of chairmen

No.		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 (1947–2013)	3 November 2004	20 June 2007	Otan
						Nur Otan
4			Aslan Musin (1955–)	2 September 2007	13 October 2008	Nur Otan
5			Oral Muhamedjanov (1947–2013)	13 October 2008	16 November 2011	Nur Otan
6			Nurlan Nigmatulin (1961–)	20 January 2012	3 April 2014	Nur Otan
7			Kabibulla Dzhakupov (1949–)	3 April 2014	20 January 2016	Nur Otan
8			Baktykozha Izmukhambetov (1947–)	25 March 2016	22 June 2016	Nur Otan
9			Nurlan Nigmatulin (1961–)	22 June 2016	1 February 2022	Nur Otan
10			Erlan Qoşanov (1963–)	1 February 2022	Present	Amanat

See also

• Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan
• Mazhilis