title: Senate of Uzbekistan
text: # Senate of Uzbekistan
  
  The Senate (Uzbek: Senat) is the upper house of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
  
  ## Composition
  
  The senate is composed of 100 members:
  
  * 84 elected senators
  * 16 senators appointed by the president.
  
  ## Election
  
  Senators are indirectly elected by an electoral college comprising members of local councils, with the country's 14 regions consisting of 12 provinces plus the capital of Tashkent and the semi-autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan each electing senators to fill 6 seats. Senators serve 5 year terms.
  
  ## Chairmen of the Senate of Uzbekistan
  
  | Name | Period |
  | - | - |
  | Murat Sharifkhodjayev | 27 January 2005 – 24 February 2006 |
  | Ilgizar Sabirov | 24 February 2006 – 22 January 2015 |
  | Nigmatilla Yuldashev | 22 January 2015 – 21 June 2019 |
  | Tanzila Norbaeva | 21 June 2019 – present |
  