Almaty City Mäslihat

The Almaty City Mäslihat (Kazakh: Алматы қаласы мәслихаты, Almaty qalasy mäclIhaty) is a local unicameral legislative branch in the city of Almaty. It is led by current Secretary Stanislav Kankurov (Nur Otan).

Almaty City Mäslihat

Алматы қаласы мәслихаты
Type
Type
History
Founded10 December 1993
Preceded byAlmaty City Soviet
Leadership
Secretary
Stanislav Kankurov, Nur Otan
since 15 January 2021
Structure
Seats39
Political groups
Majority (29)
  Nur Otan (29)
Opposition (10)
  Ak Zhol (4)
  Auyl (3)
  People's Party (3)
Elections
Last election
10 January 2021
Next election
2026
Meeting place
Website
mga.kz

Composition

The mäslihat is composed of 37 councillors who are represented by single-member constituency and are elected by a secret ballot every 5 years according to the Clause 2 of Article 86 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan, Section VIII "Local state government and self-government".[1] However on 23 May 2018, it was announced that all members of mäslihat bodies will be elected through proportional representation.[2]

History

The Almaty City Mäslihat was established on 10 December 1993 after the Supreme Soviet of Kazakhstan adopted the law "On local representative and executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan", which made significant changes to the name and structure of local state bodies including to the city of Almaty itself.[3] The city held the elections on 10 March 1994 to elect the councillors of the 1st convocation of the mäslihat.[4]

On 10 January 2021, the elections for the 39 councillors of the City Mäslihat was held for the first time where the councillors were elected based on party-list. The Nur Otan won majority of 29 seats followed by 3 minor parties. The 7th Convocation of the Almaty City Mäslihat convened on 15 January where Stanislav Kankurov was elected to be the secretary.[5]

References
  1. "Конституция Республики Казахстан (принята на республиканском референдуме 30 августа 1995 года) (с изменениями и дополнениями по состоянию на 23.03.2019 г.)". Информационная система ПАРАГРАФ. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  2. "Прямые выборы заменят на партийную ответственность". inbusiness.kz (in Russian). 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  3. "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN". akorda.kz. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  4. "Maslikhats to play important role". Strategy2050.kz. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  5. "Избран секретарь маслихата Алматы". Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
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