State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan

State Assembly—Kurultay of the Republic of Bashkortostan Башҡортостан Республикаһының Дәүләт Йыйылышы — Ҡоролтай (Bashkir) Государственное собрание — Курултай Республики Башкортостан (Russian)
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Konstantin Tolkachov
Structure
Seats	110
Political groups	United Russia (94)      Communist Party of the Russian Federation (10)      LDPR (2)      Patriots of Russia (1)      Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" (1)      Independent (2)
Elections
Last election	September 2013
Meeting place
46 Zaki Validi Street, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
Website
http://www.gsrb.ru

The State Assembly—Kurultay (Bashkir: Дәүләт Йыйылышы — Ҡоролтай, Däwlät Yıyılışı — Qoroltay; Russian: Государственное собрание — Курултай, Gosudarstvennoje sobranije — Kurultaj) is the supreme representative and legislative body of the Republic of Bashkortostan.^[1] Its members are elected for five years.

The jurisdiction of the State Assembly includes the adoption and amendment of the Bashkortostan Constitution, the definition of domestic and foreign policy Dealing with the change of borders, the definition of administrative and territorial structure, the approval of the state budget.

It succeeded the Supreme Soviet in 1995 and has two chambers: The House of Representatives and the Legislative House. The Chairman of the State Assembly presides over both chambers.

The Chairman of the State Assembly is Konstantin Tolkachov from March 1999.

References

See also

• List of Chairmen of the State Assembly of Bashkortostan