The Deputy Chairman of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan was a post in the Mäjilis (then-lower house of the parliament of Kazakhstan) that was chosen by the deputies and was proposed by the Chairman of the Mäjilis. The office was established on 30 January 1996 and from 2007 to 2026, the position of a deputy chairman have been occupied by two people at the same time. The deputy chair was in charge of carrying out tasks made by the Mäjilis chairman and take over certain roles if the chair wasn't able to do.
The position was abolished on 1 July 2026 following the adoption of a new constitution that abolished the bicameral parliament and established a unicameral Kurultai.
List of Deputy Chairs
1st convocation (1996–1999) NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Vasili Osipov 30 January 1996 1 December 1999 Marat Ospanov
2nd convocation (1999–2004) NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Muhambet Kopeev 1 December 1999 30 September 2004 Zharmakhan Tuyakbay
3rd convocation (2004–2007) NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Sergey Dyachenko 13 November 2004 20 June 2007 Oral Muhamedjanov
4th convocation (2007–2012)
NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Sergey Dyachenko 2 September 2007 13 March 2010 Aslan MusinBakhytzhan Zhumagulov2 September 200728 April 2008Oral Muhamedjanov Janibek Karibjanov 28 April 2008 15 November 2011 Vladimir Bobrov 13 March 2010 15 November 2011
5th convocation (2012–2016)
NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Sergey Dyachenko 20 January 2012 20 January 2016 Nurlan Nigmatulin Baktykozha Izmukhambetov 20 January 2012 15 August 2012 Kabibulla Dzhakupov 3 September 2012 3 April 2014 Dariga Nazarbayeva 3 April 2014 11 September 2015 Kabibulla Dzhakupov Abai Tasbolatov 11 September 2015 20 January 2016
6th convocation (2016–2021)
NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Vladimir Bozhko25 March 201630 December 2020 Baktykozha Izmukhambetov Gülmira Esimbaeva Nurlan Nigmatulin
7th convocation (2021–2023)
NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Pavel Kazantsev15 January 202119 January 2023 Nurlan Nigmatulin Balaim Kesebaeva Erlan Qoşanov
8th convocation (2023–2026)
NameTook officeLeft officeTime inofficeChairman Albert Rau19 January 20231 July 2026Erlan Qoşanov Dania Espaeva
See also
Chairman of the Mäjilis Mäjilis
References