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"time difference": {
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"text": "UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
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"note": "<strong>etymology:</strong> founded in 1868 as a Russian settlement on the site of a previously destroyed fortress named \"Pishpek\"; the name was retained and overtime became \"Bishkek\""
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"etymology": {
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"text": "founded in 1868 as a Russian settlement on the site of a previously destroyed fortress named \"Pishpek\"; the name was retained and overtime became \"Bishkek\""
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "7 provinces (oblustar, singular - oblus) and 2 cities* (shaarlar, singular - shaar); Batken Oblusu, Bishkek Shaary*, Chuy Oblusu (Bishkek), Jalal-Abad Oblusu, Naryn Oblusu, Osh Oblusu, Osh Shaary*, Talas Oblusu, Ysyk-Kol Oblusu (Karakol)",
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Jogorku Kengesh (120 seats; parties directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members selected from party lists; winning parties limited to no more than 65 seats; members serve 5-year terms)"
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"elections": {
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"text": "last held on 4 October 2020 (next to be held NA); note - the results of the 2020 election were annulled on 6 October 2020 following mass protests"
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"election results": {
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"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA"
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Sadyr JAPAROV (since 28 January 2021)"
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"text": "Sadyr JAPAROV elected president in first round; percent of vote - Sadyr JAPAROV 79.5%, Adakhan MADUMAROV 6.5%, other 14%"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Jogorku Kengesh (120 seats; parties directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members selected from party lists; winning parties limited to no more than 65 seats; members serve 5-year terms)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "last held on 4 October 2020 (next to be held NA); note - the results of the 2020 election were annulled on 6 October 2020 following mass protests"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA"
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}
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest courts": {
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"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 25 judges); Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (consists of the chairperson, deputy chairperson, and 9 judges)"
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"text": "Kyrgyz Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air Defense Forces, National Guard; State Border Service; Internal Troops (2021)"
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"Military expenditures": {
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"Military Expenditures 2020": {
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"text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2019": {
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"text": "1.5% of GDP (2019)"
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"Military Expenditures 2016": {
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"text": "1.7% of GDP (2016)"
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"Military Expenditures 2015": {
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"text": "1.8% of GDP (2015)"
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}
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
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"time difference": {
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"text": "UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Kazakhstan has two time zones <br><br><strong>etymology:</strong> on 20 March 2019, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan in honor of its long-serving, recently retired president, Nursultan NAZARBAYEV; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992, and Astana in 1998"
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"time zone note": {
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"text": "Kazakhstan has two time zones"
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"etymology": {
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"text": "on 20 March 2019, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan in honor of its long-serving, recently retired president, Nursultan NAZARBAYEV; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992, and Astana in 1998"
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},
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "14 provinces (oblyslar, singular - oblys) and 4 cities* (qalalar, singular - qala); Almaty (Taldyqorghan), Almaty*, Aqmola (Kokshetau), Aqtobe, Atyrau, Batys Qazaqstan [West Kazakhstan] (Oral), Bayqongyr*, Mangghystau (Aqtau), Nur-Sultan*, Pavlodar, Qaraghandy, Qostanay, Qyzylorda, Shyghys Qazaqstan [East Kazakhstan] (Oskemen), Shymkent*, Soltustik Qazaqstan [North Kazakhstan] (Petropavl), Turkistan, Zhambyl (Taraz)",
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate (49 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by 2-round majority vote by the oblast-level assemblies and 15 members appointed by decree of the president; members serve 6-year terms, with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)<br>Mazhilis (107 seats; 98 members directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 9 indirectly elected by the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, a 351-member, presidentially appointed advisory body designed to represent the country's ethnic minorities)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 12 August 2020 (next to be held in 2026)<br>Mazhilis - last held on 10 January 2021 (next to be held in 2026)"
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"election results": {
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"text": "<strong> </strong><br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 42, women 5, percent of women 10.6%<br>Mazhilis - percent of vote by party - Nur Otan 71.1%, Ak Zhol 11%, People's Party 9.1%, other 8.8%; seats by party - Nur Otan 76, Ak Zhol 12, People's Party 10; composition - men 78, women 29, percent of women 27%"
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}
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": " President Kasym-Zhomart TOKAYEV (since 20 March 2019); note - Nursultan NAZARBAYEV, who was president since 24 April 1990 (and in power since 22 June 1989 under the Soviet period), resigned on 20 March 2019; NAZARBAYEV retained the title and powers of \"First President\"; TOKAYEV completed NAZARBAYEV's term, which was shortened due to the early election of 9 June 2019, and then continued as president following his election victory "
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"text": "Kasym-Zhomart TOKAYEV elected president; percent of vote - Kassym-Jomart TOKAYEV (Nur Otan) 71%, Amirzhan KOSANOV (Ult Tagdyry) 16.2%, Daniya YESPAYEVA (Ak Zhol) 5.1%, other 7.7%"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate (49 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by 2-round majority vote by the oblast-level assemblies and 15 members appointed by decree of the president; members serve 6-year terms, with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)<br>Mazhilis (107 seats; 98 members directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 9 indirectly elected by the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, a 351-member, presidentially appointed advisory body designed to represent the country's ethnic minorities)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 12 August 2020 (next to be held in 2026)<br>Mazhilis - last held on 10 January 2021 (next to be held in 2026)"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "<strong> </strong><br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 42, women 5, percent of women 10.6%<br>Mazhilis - percent of vote by party - Nur Otan 71.1%, Ak Zhol 11%, People's Party 9.1%, other 8.8%; seats by party - Nur Otan 76, Ak Zhol 12, People's Party 10; composition - men 78, women 29, percent of women 27%"
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}
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},
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest courts": {
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"text": "Supreme Court of the Republic (consists of 44 members); Constitutional Council (consists of the chairman and 6 members)"
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"text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces; Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard, Border Service (includes Coast Guard), State Security Service (2021)"
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"Military expenditures": {
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"Military Expenditures 2020": {
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"text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2019": {
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"text": "1.1% of GDP (2019)"
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"Military Expenditures 2016": {
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"text": "0.9% of GDP (2016)"
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"Military Expenditures 2015": {
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"text": "1.1% of GDP (2015)"
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
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"daylight saving time": {
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"text": "does not observe daylight savings time"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Russia has 11 time zones, the largest number of contiguous time zones of any country in the world; in 2014, two time zones were added and DST dropped<br><br><strong>etymology:</strong> named after the Moskva River; the origin of the river's name is obscure but may derive from the appellation \"Mustajoki\" given to the river by the Finno-Ugric people who originally inhabited the area and whose meaning may have been \"dark\" or \"turbid\""
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"time zone note": {
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"text": "Russia has 11 time zones, the largest number of contiguous time zones of any country in the world; in 2014, two time zones were added and DST dropped"
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"etymology": {
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"text": "named after the Moskva River; the origin of the river's name is obscure but may derive from the appellation \"Mustajoki\" given to the river by the Finno-Ugric people who originally inhabited the area and whose meaning may have been \"dark\" or \"turbid\""
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "<p>46 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respubliki, singular - respublika), 4 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnyye okrugi, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 9 krays (kraya, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')</p> <p><strong>oblasts:</strong> Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan', Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver', Tyumen', Ul'yanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl'</p> <p><strong>republics:</strong> Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan'), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)</p> <p><strong>autonomous okrugs:</strong> Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)</p> <p><strong>krays:</strong> Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm', Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok), Stavropol', Zabaykal'sk [Transbaikal] (Chita)</p> <p><strong>federal cities:</strong> Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]</p> <strong>autonomous oblast:</strong> Yevreyskaya [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)",
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"text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of:<br>Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (170 seats; 2 members in each of the 83 federal administrative units (see note below) - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg - appointed by the top executive and legislative officials; members serve 4-year terms)<br> State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats (see note below); as of February 2014, the electoral system reverted to a mixed electoral system for the 2016 election, in which one-half of the members are directly elected by simple majority vote and one-half directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
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"text": "<br>State Duma - last held on 18 September 2016 (next to be held in fall 2021)"
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"text": "<br>Federation Council (members appointed); composition - men 145, women 25, percent of women 14.7%<br><br>State Duma - United Russia 54.2%, CPRF 13.3%, LDPR 13.1%, A Just Russia 6.2%, Rodina 1.5%, CP 0.2%, other minor parties 11.5%; seats by party - United Russia 343, CPRF 42, LDPR 39, A Just Russia 23, Rodina 1, CP 1, independent 1"
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"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the State Duma now includes 3 representatives from the \"Republic of Crimea,\" while the Federation Council includes 2 each from the \"Republic of Crimea\" and the \"Federal City of Sevastopol,\" both regions that Russia occupied and attempted to annex from Ukraine and that the US does not recognize as part of Russia<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> seats by party as of December 2018 - United Russia 341, CPRF 43, LDPR 39, A Just Russia 23, independent 2, vacant 2; composition as of October 2018 - men 393, women 57, percent of women 12.7%; note - total Federal Assembly percent of women 13.2%"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> there is also a Presidential Administration that provides staff and policy support to the president, drafts presidential decrees, and coordinates policy among government agencies; a Security Council also reports directly to the president"
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"text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of:<br>Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (170 seats; 2 members in each of the 83 federal administrative units (see note below) - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg - appointed by the top executive and legislative officials; members serve 4-year terms)<br>State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats (see note below); as of February 2014, the electoral system reverted to a mixed electoral system for the 2016 election, in which one-half of the members are directly elected by simple majority vote and one-half directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
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"text": "<br>State Duma - last held 17 - 19 September 2021 (next to be held in fall 2026)"
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"text": "<br>Federation Council (members appointed); composition - men 145, women 25, percent of women 14.7%<br> <p>State Duma - United Russia 50.9%, CPRF 19.3%, LDPR 7.7%, A Just Russia 7.6%, New People 5.3% other minor parties and Independents 9.2%; seats by party - United Russia 324, CPRF 57, LDPR 21, A Just Russia 27, New People 13; Rodina 1, CP 1, Party of Growth 1, independent 5</p>"
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"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the State Duma now includes 3 representatives from the \"Republic of Crimea,\" while the Federation Council includes 2 each from the \"Republic of Crimea\" and the \"Federal City of Sevastopol,\" both regions that Russia occupied and attempted to annex from Ukraine and that the US does not recognize as part of Russia"
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"text": "Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (consists of 170 members organized into the Judicial Panel for Civil Affairs, the Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs, and the Military Panel); Constitutional Court (consists of 11 members, including the chairperson and deputy); note - in February 2014, Russia’s Higher Court of Arbitration was abolished and its former authorities transferred to the Supreme Court, which in addition is the country’s highest judicial authority for appeals, civil, criminal, administrative, and military cases, and the disciplinary judicial board, which has jurisdiction over economic disputes"
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"text": "A Just Russia [Sergey MIRONOV]<br>Civic Platform or CP [Rifat SHAYKHUTDINOV]<br>Communist Party of the Russian Federation or CPRF [Gennadiy ZYUGANOV]<br>Liberal Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR [Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKIY]<br>Rodina [Aleksei ZHURAVLYOV]<br>United Russia [Dmitriy MEDVEDEV]",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 64 political parties are registered with Russia's Ministry of Justice (as of September 2018), but only four parties maintain representation in Russia's national legislature"
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"text": "A Just Russia [Sergey MIRONOV]<br>Civic Platform or CP [Rifat SHAYKHUTDINOV]<br>Communist Party of the Russian Federation or CPRF [Gennadiy ZYUGANOV]<br>Liberal Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR [Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKIY]<br>New People [Alexey NECHAYEV]<br>Party of Growth [Irina MIRONOVA]<br>Rodina [Aleksei ZHURAVLYOV]<br>United Russia [Dmitriy MEDVEDEV]",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 31 political parties are registered with Russia's Ministry of Justice (as of September 2021); 14 participated in the 2021 election, but only 8 parties maintain representation in Russia's national legislature"
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"text": "APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, BRICS, BSEC, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN (observer), CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAEU, EAPC, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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"text": "Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg"
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"note": "<strong>etymology: </strong>today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (du) after Saturday (shambe)"
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"text": "today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (du) after Saturday (shambe)"
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"text": "2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor), 1 capital region** (viloyati poytakht), and 1 area referred to as Districts Under Republic Administration***; Dushanbe**, Khatlon (Bokhtar), Kuhistoni Badakhshon [Gorno-Badakhshan]* (Khorugh), Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuri***, Sughd (Khujand)",
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"text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of:<br>National Assembly or Majlisi Milli (34 seats; 25 members indirectly elected by local representative assemblies or majlisi, 8 appointed by the president, and 1 reserved for each living former president; members serve 5-year terms)<br>Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; 41 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by 2-round absolute majority vote and 22 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
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"text": "<br>National Assembly - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)<br>Assembly of Representatives - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)"
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"election results": {
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"text": "<br>National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 28, women 6, percent of women 17.6%<br>Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 50.4%, PERT 16.6%, APT 16.5%, SPT 5.2%, DPT 5.1%, CPT 3.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - PDPT 47, APT 7, PERT 5, CPT 2, SPT 1, DPT 1; composition - men 48, women 15, percent of women 23.8%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 21.6%"
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}
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Emomali RAHMON (since 6 November 1994; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since 19 November 1992)"
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"text": "Emomali RAHMON reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMON (PDPT) 92.1%, Rustam LATIFZODA (APT) 3.1%, Rustam RAHAMATZODA (PERT) 2.2%, Abduhalim GHAFFOROV (SPT) 1.5%, Miroj ABDULLOEV (CPT) 1.2%"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of:<br>National Assembly or Majlisi Milli (34 seats; 25 members indirectly elected by local representative assemblies or majlisi, 8 appointed by the president, and 1 reserved for each living former president; members serve 5-year terms)<br>Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; 41 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by 2-round absolute majority vote and 22 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "<br>National Assembly - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)<br>Assembly of Representatives - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "<br>National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 28, women 6, percent of women 17.6%<br>Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 50.4%, PERT 16.6%, APT 16.5%, SPT 5.2%, DPT 5.1%, CPT 3.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - PDPT 47, APT 7, PERT 5, CPT 2, SPT 1, DPT 1; composition - men 48, women 15, percent of women 23.8%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 21.6%"
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}
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},
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest courts": {
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"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chairman, deputy chairmen, and 34 judges organized into civil, family, criminal, administrative offense, and military chambers); Constitutional Court (consists of the court chairman, deputy chairman, and 5 judges); High Economic Court (consists of 16 judicial positions)"
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"text": "Ambassador John Mark POMMERSHEIM (since 15 March 2019)"
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},
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"embassy": {
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"text": "109-A Ismoili Somoni Avenue, Dushanbe 734019"
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"text": "109-A Ismoili Somoni Avenue (Zarafshon district), Dushanbe 734019"
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},
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"mailing address": {
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"text": "7090 Dushanbe Place, Washington DC 20521-7090"
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"text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan: Land Forces, Mobile Forces (airborne, mountain infantry troops), Air and Air Defense Forces; National Guard; Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Troops (reserves for Armed Forces in wartime); State Committee on National Security: Border Guard Forces (2020)"
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},
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"Military expenditures": {
|
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"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
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"text": "1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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},
|
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"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
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"text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
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},
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"Military Expenditures 2018": {
|
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"text": "1.1% of GDP (2018)"
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},
|
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"Military Expenditures 2017": {
|
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"text": "2.2% of GDP (2017)"
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},
|
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"Military Expenditures 2016": {
|
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"text": "2.2% of GDP (2016)"
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},
|
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"Military Expenditures 2015": {
|
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"text": "2.2% of GDP (2015)"
|
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},
|
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"Military Expenditures 2014": {
|
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"text": "2.1% of GDP (2014)"
|
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},
|
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"Military Expenditures 2013": {
|
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"text": "2.3% of GDP (2013)"
|
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}
|
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},
|
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
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|
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"time difference": {
|
||||
"text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
|
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},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>etymology:</strong> derived from the Persian words \"eshq\" meaning \"love\" and \"abad\" meaning \"inhabited place\" or \"city,\" and so loosely translates as \"the city of love\" "
|
||||
"etymology": {
|
||||
"text": "derived from the Persian words \"eshq\" meaning \"love\" and \"abad\" meaning \"inhabited place\" or \"city,\" and so loosely translates as \"the city of love\""
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Administrative divisions": {
|
||||
"text": "5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat) and 1 independent city*: Ahal Welayaty (Anew), Ashgabat*, Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dasoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty",
|
||||
|
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@ -501,17 +503,6 @@
|
|||
"Suffrage": {
|
||||
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Legislative branch": {
|
||||
"description": {
|
||||
"text": "note: in September 2020, the Turkmenistan Parliament adopted a constitutional amendment creating an upper chamber, making the Parliament bicameral<br>bicameral National Council or Khalk Maslakhaty consists of:<br>People's Council (56 seats; 48 members indirectly elected by provincial councils and 8 members appointed by the president)<br>Assembly or Mejlis Hakynda (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections": {
|
||||
"text": "People's Council - first held on 25 March 2021 for 48 indirectly elected members (next to be held in 2026); first held on 14 April 2021 for 8 presidentially appointed members (next to be held NA)<br>Assembly - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2026)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
"text": "People's Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 3, independent 45<br>Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 55, APT 11, PIE 11, independent 48 (individuals nominated by citizen groups); composition - men 94, women 31, percent of women 24.8%"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Executive branch": {
|
||||
"chief of state": {
|
||||
"text": "President Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW (since 14 February 2007); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
|
||||
|
|
@ -526,7 +517,18 @@
|
|||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (no term limits); election last held on 12 February 2017 (next to be held in February 2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
"text": "Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW (DPT) 97.7%, other 2.3%"
|
||||
"text": "<br><em>2017:</em> Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW (DPT) 97.7%, other 2.3%<br><br><em>2012:</em> Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW reelected president; percent of vote - Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW 97.1%, Annageldi YAZMYRADOW 1.1%, other candidates 1.8%"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Legislative branch": {
|
||||
"description": {
|
||||
"text": "note: in September 2020, the Turkmenistan Parliament adopted a constitutional amendment creating an upper chamber, making the Parliament bicameral<br>bicameral National Council or Khalk Maslakhaty consists of:<br>People's Council (56 seats; 48 members indirectly elected by provincial councils and 8 members appointed by the president)<br>Assembly or Mejlis Hakynda (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections": {
|
||||
"text": "People's Council - first held on 25 March 2021 for 48 indirectly elected members (next to be held in 2026); first held on 14 April 2021 for 8 presidentially appointed members (next to be held NA)<br>Assembly - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2026)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
"text": "People's Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 3, independent 45<br>Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 55, APT 11, PIE 11, independent 48 (individuals nominated by citizen groups); composition - men 94, women 31, percent of women 24.8%"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1055,20 +1057,20 @@
|
|||
"text": "Armed Forces of Turkmenistan: National Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces; Federal Border Guard Service (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2018": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2017": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2017 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2016": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2015": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2014": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2014)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2013": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2016 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -452,7 +452,9 @@
|
|||
"time difference": {
|
||||
"text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>etymology:</strong> \"tash\" means \"stone\" and \"kent\" means \"city\" in Turkic languages, so the name simply denotes \"stone city\""
|
||||
"etymology": {
|
||||
"text": "\"tash\" means \"stone\" and \"kent\" means \"city\" in Turkic languages, so the name simply denotes \"stone city\""
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Administrative divisions": {
|
||||
"text": "12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonom respublikasi), and 1 city** (shahar); Andijon Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati [Bukhara Province], Farg'ona Viloyati [Fergana Province], Jizzax Viloyati, Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi), Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi [Karakalpakstan Republic]* (Nukus), Samarqand Viloyati [Samarkand Province], Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri [Tashkent City]**, Toshkent Viloyati [Tashkent Province], Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch)",
|
||||
|
|
@ -495,18 +497,6 @@
|
|||
"Suffrage": {
|
||||
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Legislative branch": {
|
||||
"description": {
|
||||
"text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (100 seats; 84 members indirectly elected by regional governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)<br>Legislative Chamber or Qonunchilik Palatasi (150 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections": {
|
||||
"text": "<br>Senate - last held 16-17 January 2020 (next to be held in 2025)<br>Legislative Chamber - last held on 22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020 (next to be held in December 2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 77, women 23, percent of women 23%<br>Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 53, National Revival Democratic Party 36, Adolat 24, PDP 22, Ecological Movement 15; composition - men 83, women, 17, percent of women 17%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Executive branch": {
|
||||
"chief of state": {
|
||||
"text": "President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (interim president from 8 September 2016; formally elected president on 4 December 2016 to succeed longtime President Islom KARIMOV, who died on 2 September 2016)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -524,6 +514,18 @@
|
|||
"text": "Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV elected president in first round; percent of vote - Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (LDPU) 88.6%, Hotamjon KETMONOV (NDP) 3.7%, Narimon UMAROV (Adolat) 3.5%, Sarvar OTAMURODOV (Milliy Tiklanish/National Revival) 2.4%, other 1.8%"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Legislative branch": {
|
||||
"description": {
|
||||
"text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (100 seats; 84 members indirectly elected by regional governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)<br>Legislative Chamber or Qonunchilik Palatasi (150 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections": {
|
||||
"text": "<br>Senate - last held 16-17 January 2020 (next to be held in 2025)<br>Legislative Chamber - last held on 22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020 (next to be held in December 2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 77, women 23, percent of women 23%<br>Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 53, National Revival Democratic Party 36, Adolat 24, PDP 22, Ecological Movement 15; composition - men 83, women, 17, percent of women 17%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
"highest courts": {
|
||||
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 67 judges organized into administrative, civil, criminal, and economic sections); Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1079,11 +1081,14 @@
|
|||
"text": "Armed Forces of Uzbekistan: Army, Air and Air Defense Forces; National Guard; Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Security Troops (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2018": {
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2018)"
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2010": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5% of GDP (2010)"
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2018": {
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2018 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
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