Mazhilis of Kazakhstan

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The Mazhilis of Kazakhstan is the lower house of the country's bicameral parliament, responsible for initiating and passing national legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
abbreviation Mazhilis
canApprove prime minister nomination
state budget
canInitiate draft laws
chamberOf bicameral parliament
constitutionalArticle Constitution of Kazakhstan, Chapter IV
constitutionalStatus constitutional body
country Kazakhstan
countryCapital Astana
electoralBody citizens of Kazakhstan
electoralCycle parliamentary elections
establishedBy Constitution of Kazakhstan
establishedInYear 1995
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasCommittees standing committees
hasPower vote of no confidence in the government
hasSpeaker Chairman of the Mazhilis
houseType lower house
jurisdiction Republic of Kazakhstan
linked to: Kazakhstan
languageUsed Kazakh
linked to: Kazakh language

Russian
legislativeChamberOf Parliament of Kazakhstan
levelOfGovernment national
locatedIn Astana
locatedInCountry Kazakhstan
meetsIn Astana
meetsInBuilding Parliament House of Kazakhstan
nativeNameLanguage Kazakh
nativeNameScript Cyrillic
numberOfMembers 98
otherChamber Senate of Kazakhstan
partOf Parliament of Kazakhstan
passes laws of Kazakhstan
responsibility initiating national legislation
passing national legislation
role legislative oversight
representation of the people of Kazakhstan
sessionType plenary sessions
supervises Government of Kazakhstan
system parliamentary-presidential system of Kazakhstan
termLength 5 years
typeOfLegislation constitutional laws
ordinary laws
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Parliament of Kazakhstan hasPart Mazhilis of Kazakhstan
Parliament of Kazakhstan house Mazhilis of Kazakhstan
Parliament of Kazakhstan lowerHouse Mazhilis of Kazakhstan
President of Kazakhstan canDissolve Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan
linked to: Mazhilis of Kazakhstan
Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan establishes Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan
linked to: Mazhilis of Kazakhstan
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan isAccountableTo Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan
linked to: Mazhilis of Kazakhstan
Parliament building in Astana occupant Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan
linked to: Mazhilis of Kazakhstan