Chairman of the Mäjilis
{{Infobox official post
| post = Chairman
| body = the Mäjilis
| native_name =
| insignia = Assembly of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan logo.svg
| insigniasize = 150px
| insigniacaption =
| image = Erlan Qoşanov (2018-02-12) (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = Erlan Qoşanov
| incumbentsince = 1 February 2022
| style =
| residence =
| appointer = Mäjilis
| termlength = None
| formation = 30 January 1996
| succession =
| inaugural = Marat Ospanov
| website = [http://www.parlam.kz/en/mazhilis Official website of the Mäjilis]
}}
{{Politics of Kazakhstan}}
The Chairman of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ({{Langx|kk|Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті Мәжілісінің Төрағасы|translit=Qazaqstan Respublikasy Parlamentı Mäjılısınıñ Törağasy}}; {{Langx|ru|Председатель Мажилиса Парламента Республики Казахстан}}) is a presiding officer of the lower house Mäjilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, and is responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary joint meetings.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN|url=https://www.akorda.kz/en/official_documents/constitution|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706201050/http://www.akorda.kz:80/en/official_documents/constitution |archive-date=2015-07-06 |access-date=2020-10-21|website=akorda.kz}} 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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History of Mazhilis|url=http://www.parlam.kz/en/mazhilis/history?id=history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101143849/http://www.parlam.kz:80/en/mazhilis/history?id=history |archive-date=2016-01-01 |access-date=2020-10-21|website=parlam.kz}}
List of chairmen
| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! colspan="2" |No. ! width="100px" |Portrait !Name !Took office !Left office ! colspan="2" |Political Party |
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Independent}};" | | rowspan="2" align="center" |File:Ospanov.jpg | rowspan="2" align="center" |Marat Ospanov (1949–2000) | rowspan="2" align="center" |30 January 1996 | rowspan="2" align="center" |1 December 1999 | align="center" |Independent | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Independent}};" | |
|---|
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" |
| align="center" |Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |2
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | align="center" |File:Zharmakhan_Tuyakbay_(cropped).jpg | align="center" |Zharmakhan Tuyakbay (1947–) | align="center" |1 December 1999 | align="center" |3 November 2004 | align="center" |Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" |3
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | rowspan="2" align="center" |File:Oral_Muhamedjanov_2009.jpg | rowspan="2" align="center" |Oral Muhamedjanov (1947–2013) | rowspan="2" align="center" |3 November 2004 | rowspan="2" align="center" |20 June 2007 | align="center" |Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" |
| align="center" |Nur Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |4
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | align="center" |File:Aslan_Musin.jpg | align="center" |Aslan Musin (1955–) | align="center" |2 September 2007 | align="center" |13 October 2008 | align="center" |Nur Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |5
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | align="center" |File:Muhamedjanov_01_(cropped_2).jpg | align="center" |Oral Muhamedjanov (1947–2013) | align="center" |13 October 2008 | align="center" |16 November 2011 | align="center" |Nur Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |6
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | align="center" |File:Nurlan_Nigmatulin_09_(cropped).jpg | align="center" |Nurlan Nigmatulin (1961–) | align="center" |20 January 2012 | align="center" |3 April 2014 | align="center" |Nur Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |7
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | align="center" |File:Kabibulla_Dzhakupov_(2015-10-05)_(cropped).jpg | align="center" |Kabibulla Dzhakupov (1949–) | align="center" |3 April 2014 | align="center" |20 January 2016 | align="center" |Nur Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |8
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | align="center" |File:Baktykozha_Izmukhambetov_-_May_2016_(cropped).jpg | align="center" |Baktykozha Izmukhambetov (1947–) | align="center" |25 March 2016 | align="center" |22 June 2016 | align="center" |Nur Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |9
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | | align="center" |File:Nurlan_Nigmatulin_06_(cropped_2).jpg | align="center" |Nurlan Nigmatulin (1961–) | align="center" |22 June 2016 | align="center" |1 February 2022 | align="center" |Nur Otan | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Nur Otan}};" | |
| align="center" |10
| align="center" style="background: {{party color|Amanat (political party)|Amanat}};" | | align="center" |File:Erlan Qoşanov (2018-02-12) (cropped).jpg | align="center" |Erlan Qoşanov (1963–) | align="center" |1 February 2022 | align="center" |Present | align="center" |Amanat | align="center" style="background: {{party color|Amanat (political party)|Amanat}};" | |
