What is National Council of Turkmenistan?
The '''National Council of Turkmenistan''' ({{lang-tk|Milli Geňeş}}) is [[Turkmenistan]]'s [[bicameral]] national legislative body or [[parliament]]. The upper chamber is the [[People's Council of Turkmenistan|People's Council]] ({{lang-tk|Halk Maslahaty}}) and the lower chamber is the [[Assembly of Turkmenistan|Assembly]] ({{lang-tk|Mejlis}}). The National Council was created in March 2021 after election of members to the upper chamber.<ref name=halk2>{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmen-leader-signs-into-law-constitutional-changes-critics-fear-secures-lifetime-post/30857644.html|title=President For Life? Turkmen Leader Signs Mysterious Constitutional Changes Into Law|date=September 25, 2020|publisher=[[RFE/RL]]}}</ref><ref name=halk3>{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-senate-election-voters-two-hours-opposition/31173803.html|title=Turkmen Voters Given Two Hours To Cast Ballots In Senate Election|date=March 28, 2021|publisher=[[RFE/RL]]}}</ref><ref name=dw>{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/turkmenistan-vpervye-v-istorii-izbral-verhnjuju-palatu-parlamenta/a-57032707|title=Туркменистан впервые в истории избрал верхнюю палату парламента|language=Russian|date=March 28, 2021|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref><ref name=electors>{{cite news|url= https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/ru/post/53090/sostoyalis-vybory-v-halk-maslahaty-milli-gengesha-turkmenistana|title=Центризбирком: выборы членов Халк Маслахаты Милли Генгеша признаны состоявшимися|date=March 28, 2021|language=Russian|publisher=«Туркменистан: золотой век»}}</ref><ref name=results>{{cite news|url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/ru/post/53134/zasedanie-pravitelstva-itogi-vyborov-v-verhnyuyu-palatu-parlamenta-sozdanie-blagotvoritelnogo-fonda-porucheniya-vice-premeram|title=Заседание Правительства: итоги выборов в верхнюю палату парламента, создание благотворительного фонда, поручения вице-премьерам|date=March 29, 2021|language=Russian|publisher=«Туркменистан: золотой век»}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category: