Tajikistan · Government
Government and administration in Tajikistan
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Head of state — President
- Seven-year term; term limits do not apply to the Leader of the Nation under the 2016 amendments.
- Executive — Government, led by the Prime Minister
- Appointed and dismissed by the President.
- Legislative — Majlisi Oli — Majlisi Milli and Majlisi Namoyandagon
- Assembly of Representatives of 63 members; National Assembly of 33 representing the regions.
- Judicial — Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court and lower courts
- Judges are appointed by the President or, for the higher courts, on his nomination.
- Autonomous region — Assembly of Gorno-Badakhshan
- Constitutionally recognised regional legislature.
How legislation is made
Bills are introduced in the Assembly of Representatives by deputies, the President, the Government or the Assembly of Gorno-Badakhshan. After adoption they go to the National Assembly for approval; disagreement is resolved by a conciliation commission or by a two-thirds vote of the lower chamber. The President signs and promulgates, and may return a law for reconsideration. Constitutional amendments require a referendum, which is how each of the three amendment packages was adopted.
Enforcement institutions
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Police, passport and registration functions.
- Prosecutor General's Office
- Prosecution and general supervision of legality.
- Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption
- Corruption and public-finance investigations.
- State Committee for National Security
- Security service with border-troop and counter-terrorism functions.
- Human Rights Ombudsman
- Established 2008; receives complaints and reports to the Majlisi Oli.
Government bodies and regulators
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