Ulaanbaatar,
April 22, 2026 /MONTSAME/. The State Visit of President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa to
Kazakhstan is ongoing. During the
visit, Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) of Kazakhstan,
Yerlan Koshanov, paid a courtesy call on President Khurelsukh.
At the meeting, the two sides
exchanged views on bilateral relations and cooperation. President Khurelsukh
expressed satisfaction with the growing and active cooperation in recent years
between the State Great Khural (Parliament) of Mongolia and the Mazhilis of
Kazakhstan.
He emphasized
that inter-parliamentary cooperation plays a vital role in expanding the “strategic
partnership” and strengthening political trust. He also highlighted the leading
role of parliaments in adopting legislation aimed at creating a favorable environment
for trade, economic cooperation, and investment, and stressed the importance of
enhancing collaboration between friendship groups, standing committees, and
parliamentary secretariats.
The President
invited Kazakh female members of parliament to participate in the World Women
Parliamentarians’ Conference to be held in Ulaanbaatar this October under his auspices.
President Khurelsukh also congratulated Kazakhstan on successfully organizing
the national referendum on its new Constitution, marking a new stage of
development for the country, and wished success to the future “Kurultai,” the
new legislative body to be established under the revised Constitution.
Chairman of the
Mazhilis, Yerlan Koshanov, is a mechanical engineer and economist by profession.
He has served as Chairman of the Mazhilis since 2022 and was elected Chairman
of the ruling Amanat Party in the same year.
Kazakhstan’s Parliament
currently consists of two chambers: the Senate (upper house) and the Mazhilis (lower
house). The Senate has 50 members, of whom 40 are elected by local representative
bodies, and 10 are appointed by the President, including five from the Assembly of
the People of Kazakhstan. Senators serve five-year terms, with half renewed
every three years.
Following
constitutional amendments in 2022, the Mazhilis has 98 seats, with 70 percent
elected through proportional representation by party lists and 30 percent
through a majoritarian system in single-member constituencies. Members serve
five-year terms.
Under the new
Constitution, which will come into force this July, the bicameral parliament
will be abolished and replaced by a unicameral legislature, the “Kurultai,”
consisting of 154 members.
