Oliy Majlis

Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan

*Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Oliy Majlisi* (Uzbek)
Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan ; Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Oliy Majlisi (Uzbek)
5th Oliy Majlis
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Upper: Senate; Lower: Legislative Chamber;
History
Founded	22 January 1995
Preceded by	Unicameral Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Leadership
Chairman of the Senate	Tanzila Narbayeva ; since 21 June 2019
Chairman of the Legislative Chamber	Nurdinjan Ismailov, PDPU ; since 12 January 2015
Structure
Seats	Total 250 members; 100 senators in the Senate; 150 deputies in the Legislative Chamber;
Senate political groups	Independent (100)
Legislative Chamber political groups	Government coalition (89); Liberal Democratic Party (53); Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (36); Other parties (61); Justice Social Democratic Party (24); People's Democratic Party (22); Ecological Party (15);
Elections
Senate voting system	84 chosen by deputies of regional assembly and 16 appointed by the President of Uzbekistan
Legislative Chamber voting system	Two-round system
Last Senate election	16–17 January 2020
Last Legislative Chamber election	22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020
Next Senate election	January 2025
Next Legislative Chamber election	December 2024 or January 2025
Meeting place
	Senate Building in Tashkent
	Supreme Assembly and Legislative Chamber Building in Tashkent
Website
	http://senat.uz/; http://parliament.gov.uz/;

The Oliy Majlis ([ɔˈliː mæd͡ʒˈlis], Олий Мажлис/عالی مجلس) is the parliament of Uzbekistan. It succeeded the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan 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.^[1]

Etymology

Majlis is the Arabic word for a sitting room,^[2] however it can also refer to a legislature as well, and is used in the name of legislative councils or assemblies in some states of the Islamic world.^[3]^[4]^[5]

History

Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR

The Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR (Uzbek: Ўзбекистон ССР Олий Совети, Russian: Верховный Совет Узбекской ССР) operated in the country during the Soviet era as its main legislature. Since its establishment in July 1938, when it succeeded the All-Uzbek Congress of Soviets, it has held 12 convocations:^[6]

1st convocation (1938–1946)
2nd convocation (1947–1950)
3rd convocation (1951–1954)
4th convocation (1955–1959)
5th convocation (1959–1962)
6th convocation (1963–1966)
7th convocation (1967–1970)
8th convocation (1971–1974)
9th convocation (1975–1979)
10th convocation (1980–1984)
11th convocation (1985–1989)
12th convocation (1990–1994)

On 31 August 1991, during an extraordinary 6th session of the Supreme Soviet, the independence and sovereignty of Uzbekistan was proclaimed.^{[citation needed]} In 1992, the Soviet was renamed to reflect the country's new independence status.^[7] After the last convocation, the Supreme Soviet was dissolved and converted into the Supreme Assembly in February 1995.

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.