People's Council of Turkmenistan

People's Council of Turkmenistan
Halk Maslahaty
Emblem of Turkmenistan
Agency overview
Formed21 January 2023 (current form)
Preceding agency
  • 1992–2008 (the highest representative body), 2021–2023 (upper chamber)
TypeSupreme constitutional authority
JurisdictionGovernment of Turkmenistan
HeadquartersAshgabat
Agency executives
Websitehttps://maslahat.gov.tm/en
Politics of Turkmenistan

The People's Council of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Halk Maslahaty, [xɑlq mɑθlɑxɑt̪ɯ]; "People's Council") is Turkmenistan's independent "representative body" exerting supreme constitutional authority. It includes in its membership, but is not considered part of, the legislature. Among other things, it is empowered to amend the constitution. Its chairperson is appointed by the president and is designated the "National Leader".[3][4][5] State media referred to the People's Council as the "supreme representative organ of people's power", a title similar to the "supreme organ of state power" of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.[3] From 2018 to 2023 it was the upper chamber of Turkmenistan's Parliament, the "National Council" (Turkmen: Milli Geňeş).

  1. ^ "Türkmenistanyň Milli Geňeşiniň Halk Maslahatynyň KARARY Türkmenistanyň Milli Geňeşiniň Halk Maslahatynyň Başlygynyň orunbasary hakynda" (in Turkmen). Türkmenistan. 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ Председатель Халк Маслахаты Туркменистана совершил рабочую поездку по столице и в город Аркадаг Ахалского велаята (in Russian), Туркменистан сегодня, 4 February 2023
  3. ^ a b Cоздан высший представительный орган народной власти – Халк Маслахаты Туркменистана (in Russian), Neytralny Turkmenistan, 22 January 2023
  4. ^ Халк Маслахаты стал самостоятельным законодательным органом, а парламент однопалатным (in Russian), RFE/RL, 23 January 2023
  5. ^ Указ Президента Туркменистана О Председателе Халк Маслахаты Туркменистана (in Russian), Туркменистан сегодня, 21 January 2023