The Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR (Kazakh: Қазақ ССР Жоғарғы Советі, romanized: Qazaq SSR Joğarğy Sovetı; Russian: Верховный Совет Казахской ССР), also known as the Supreme Council was a unicameral legislative branch of the Kazakh SSR, one of the republics comprising the Soviet Union. The Soviet had very little power and carried out orders given by the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (CPK).
Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR Верховный Совет Казахской ССР Қазақ ССР Жоғарғы Советі | |
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Kazakh SSR (1937–1991) Kazakhstan (1991–1993) | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Established | 1937 |
Disbanded | 28 January 1993 |
Succeeded by | Supreme Council of Kazakhstan |
Leadership | |
Chairmen of the Presidium | Mahtay Sagdiev (last) |
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet | Serikbolsyn Abdildin (last) |
Elections | |
Last election | 1990 |
Meeting place | |
Parliament House, Alma-Ata |
The office Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet is the de facto head of state of the Kazakh SSR.[2]