Chairman of the Mäjilis
# Chairman of the Mäjilis

The Chairman of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті Мәжілісінің Төрағасы; Russian: Председатель Мажилиса Парламента Республики Казахстан) is a government official in Kazakhstan who heads the Mäjilis, one of the Parliament's lower chambers, and is responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary joint meetings. The post was formed on 30 January 1996 at the first parliamentary session opening after the 1995 constitutional referendum which was held in August 1995 where majority of Kazakh voters approved of the new constitution which created a bicameral legislature that included the lower chamber Mäjilis.

## List of chairmen

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marat Ospanov (1949–2000) | 30 January 1996 | 1 December 1999 | Independent |
| 1 | Marat Ospanov (1949–2000) | 30 January 1996 | 1 December 1999 | Otan |
| 2 | Zharmakhan Tuyakbay (1947–) | 1 December 1999 | 3 November 2004 | Otan |
| 3 | Oral Muhamedjanov (1948–2013) | 3 November 2004 | 20 June 2007 | Otan |
| 3 | Oral Muhamedjanov (1948–2013) | 3 November 2004 | 20 June 2007 | Nur Otan |
| 4 | Aslan Musin (1954–) | 2 September 2007 | 13 October 2008 | Nur Otan |
| 5 | Oral Muhamedjanov (1948–2013) | 13 October 2008 | 16 November 2011 | Nur Otan |
| 6 | Nurlan Nigmatulin (1962–) | 20 January 2012 | 3 April 2014 | Nur Otan |
| 7 | Kabibulla Dzhakupov (1949–) | 3 April 2014 | 20 January 2016 | Nur Otan |
| 8 | Baktykozha Izmukhambetov (1948–) | 25 March 2016 | 22 June 2016 | Nur Otan |
| 9 | Nurlan Nigmatulin (1962–) | 22 June 2016 | 1 February 2022 | Nur Otan |
| 10 | Erlan Qoşanov (1962–) | 1 February 2022 | Present | Nur Otan |
