Supreme Council of Karakalpakstan

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Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan Qoraqalpog‘iston Respublikasi Jo‘korg‘i Kengesi (Uzbek) Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasí Joqarǵí Keńesi (Karakalpak) Верховный Совет Республики Каракалпакстан (Russian)
Type
Type	Parliament of the Republic of Karakalpakstan
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1994
Leadership
Chairman	Amanbai Orynbaev since 26 August 2022
Structure
Seats	65 (elected for 5-year terms in single-seat constituencies using)
Political groups	Government coalition (33)   Liberal Democratic Party (19)   National Revival Democratic Party (14) Opposition (32)   People's Democratic Party (16)   Ecological Party (10)   Justice Social Democratic Party (6)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Last election	22 December 2019
Meeting place
Supreme Council Building in Nukus
Website
parliamentrk.gov.uz/ru

The Supreme Council (Karakalpak: Жоқарғи Кеңесли, romanized: Joqarǵí Keńesi, Uzbek: Жўкорғи Кенгеси, romanized: Jo‘korg‘i Kengesi) is the parliament of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. It succeeded the Supreme Soviet of the Karakalpak ASSR in 1994, and is a unicameral parliament.^[1]

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan is the highest state representative body of Karakalpakstan and exercises legislative power. The Supreme Council has sixty-five deputies who elected by secret ballot in single-member constituencies on a multiparty basis and on the basis of equal and direct suffrage. The stability and effectiveness of the work of the Supreme Council shall be ensured by the work of the sessions of the Supreme Council, the Presidium, committees, commissions and deputies.

The order of work of the Supreme Council is determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the Charter of the Republic of Karakalpakstan "On the Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan" and other regulations. The procedure for holding elections to the Supreme Council is determined by the Regulations of the Republic of Karakalpakstan "On Elections" and other statutory documents.

The term of office of the Supreme Council is five years. After the expiration of the term of office, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan shall continue its work until the beginning of the work of the newly-voted Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.