Almaty City Mäslihat

Алматы қаласы мәслихаты
Coat of arms or logo
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)
  Amanat (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

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

Composition

Mäslihat members are generally up for re-election every 5 years and they are elected on the basis of party-list proportional representation with a required 7% electoral threshold to win any seats in the legislature. If only one parties manages to bypass the electoral threshold, then the party win the second highest number of votes is granted enough seats for representation in the mäslihat regardless whether it had passed the threshold or not.[1] A member of the mäslihat may be a citizen of Kazakhstan who has reached 20 years of age and can be a member of only one mäslihat.[2]

History

The Almaty City Mäslihat was established on the 10th of 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] The Almaty City Mäslihat was composed of 37 councillors who are represented by single-member constituency and were 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".[5] On 23 May 2018, it was announced that all members of mäslihat bodies will be elected through proportional representation.[6] The law was enacted in June 2018.

On the 10th of 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.[7]

Commissions

The City Mäslihat includes 7 commissions which are:

  • Strategic Planning, Budget and Performance
  • Development of Transport and Utilities Infrastructure
  • Urban Development, Housing and Land Use
  • Development of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Information Technology and Creative Industry
  • Local Governance and Security
  • Social and Cultural development, Youth and Public Communications
  • Ecology, Tourism and Development of Public Spaces

References

  1. ↑ "Незаметные маслихаты - Аналитический интернет-журнал Vласть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2019-08-16. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ↑ "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN". akorda.kz. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ↑ "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN". akorda.kz. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Maslikhats to play important role". Strategy2050.kz. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Прямые выборы заменят на партийную ответственность". inbusiness.kz (in Russian). 2018-05-23. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  7. ↑ "Избран секретарь маслихата Алматы". Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2021-01-15. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
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