te by party NA; seats - (47
total) "independent" state officials 25, progovernment parties 11,
other parties 2, vacant 9 (of which 7 are to be nominated by the
president)
Majilis: elections last held 9 December and 23 December 1995 (next
to be held NA); percent of vote by party NA; seats - (67 total)
seats by party NA; note - 172 candidates were forwarded by parties
and social organizations and 113 candidates were independents

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders: ALASH party; People's Unity Party
(PUP; was Union of People's Unity), Akhan BIZHANOV, chairman;
Democratic Party, Tulegen ZHUKEYEV and Altynbek SARSENBAYEV,
cochairmen; People's Congress of Kazakstan (PCK), Olzhas SULEYMENOV,
chairman; Socialist Party of Kazakstan (SPK; former Communist
Party), Petr SVOIK, chairman; Communist Party, Baidabek TULEPBAYEV;
National Democratic Party, Kamal ORMANTAYEV, chairman; AZAT party,
Khasen KOZH-AKHMET, chairman; Confederation of Trade Unions of the
Republic of Kazakstan; Peasant Union of the Republic Kazakstan
(KPU); Slavic Movement LAD, Aleksandra DOKUCHAYEVA, chairman; Party
for Social Justice and Economic Revival "Tagibat"; Social Democratic
Party, Dos KUSHIMOV, cochairman; People's Cooperative Party, Umirzak
SARSENOV, chairman; Organization of Veterans; Republican Party

Other political or pressure groups: Independent Trade Union
Center, Leonid SOLOMIN, president; Kazakstani-American Bureau on
Human Rights, Yevgeniy ZHOVTIS, executive director; Democratic
Committee on Human Rights; Independent Miners Union

International organization participation: AsDB, CCC, CIS, EBRD,
ECE, ECO, ESCAP, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NACC, OIC, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer)

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Bolat NURGALIYEV
chancery: (temporary) 3421 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20008
telephone: [1] (202) 333-4504 through 4507
FAX: [1] (202) 333-4509

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador A. Elizabeth JONES
embassy: 99/97 Furmanova Street, Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan 480012
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [7] (3272) 63-39-05, 63-13-75, 63-24-26
FAX: [7] (3272) 63-29-42

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