Mazhilis of Kazakhstan

E248795

legislative body lower house of parliament

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan	7
Mazhilis of Kazakhstan canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2202559 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mazhilis of Kazakhstan
Context triple: [Parliament of Kazakhstan, hasPart, Mazhilis of Kazakhstan]

A. Parliament of Kazakhstan
The Parliament of Kazakhstan is the bicameral national legislature of Kazakhstan, consisting of the Senate and the Mazhilis, responsible for making and passing the country’s laws.
B. Senate of Kazakhstan
The Senate of Kazakhstan is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral parliament, representing regional interests and sharing legislative authority with the lower house.
C. Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR was the highest legislative body of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet era.
D. Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan
The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan is the unicameral national parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Kyrgyz Republic.
E. Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR
The Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR was the highest executive and administrative body of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet era, overseeing government policy and implementation before Kazakhstan’s independence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. Parliament of Kazakhstan
The Parliament of Kazakhstan is the bicameral national legislature of Kazakhstan, consisting of the Senate and the Mazhilis, responsible for making and passing the country’s laws.
B. Senate of Kazakhstan
The Senate of Kazakhstan is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral parliament, representing regional interests and sharing legislative authority with the lower house.
C. Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR was the highest legislative body of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet era.
D. Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan
The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan is the unicameral national parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Kyrgyz Republic.
E. Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR
The Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR was the highest executive and administrative body of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet era, overseeing government policy and implementation before Kazakhstan’s independence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

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 ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
constitutionalStatus	constitutional body ⓘ
country	Kazakhstan ⓘ
countryCapital	Astana ⓘ
electoralBody	citizens of Kazakhstan ⓘ
electoralCycle	parliamentary elections ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Kazakhstan ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Republic 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 ⓘ linked to: Parliament building in Astana
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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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ