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National Assembly (Artsakh)

The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, romanized: Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yan Azgayin zhoghov; often shortened: Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, Azgayin zhoghov, AZh) is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Artsakh.

Plans were in place to move the National Assembly from Stepanakert to Shusha on 9 May 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the capture of Shusha,[2][3] but the city came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Following an Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024, as de jure.[4] In December 2023, this decision was subsequently declared not valid by the Artsakh president.[5][6] The Assembly kept functioning in exile from Yerevan.[7]

In early March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities demolished the National Assembly of Artsakh building.[8][9]

Electoral system

The constitution of Artsakh, amended in 2017, stated that all members to National Assembly shall be elected for a five-year term through a proportional electoral system. The National Assembly had to be composed of no less than 27 and no more than 33 MPs. The number of the MPs had to be defined by the Electoral Code.[10]

Prior to the passing of the 2017 constitutional referendum, the National Assembly had 33 members, 22 of whom (17 before 2015) were elected using party-list proportional representation, and the rest elected in single seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

Last election

Committees

The National Assembly had 7 standing committees:

List of National Assembly members by convocation

6th Convocation

The members of the 6th convocation of the National Assembly were elected on 3 May 2015.

7th Convocation

The members of the 7th convocation of the National Assembly were elected on 31 March 2020. This was the last legislature before the dissolution of Artsakh on 1 January 2024.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ruslan Israelyan left Free Motherland faction in June 2018

References

  1. ^ "ARF's Davit Ishkanyan Elected Artsakh Parliament Speaker". 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  2. ^ "Сепаратисты объявили о переносе "парламента" в Шушу". 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  3. ^ "Резиденцию парламента Арцаха перенесут в город-крепость Шуши". Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. ^ a b "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024 - Nagorno-Karabakh authorities". Reuters. 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  5. ^ "Nagorno-Karabakh Separatist Leader Says Dissolution Decree Not Valid". Radio Free Europe (RFE/RL). 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  6. ^ "Karabakh Dissolution Not Valid, Says Separatist Leader". Moscow Times. 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  7. ^ "Karabakh parliament 3 factions: Russian peacekeeping troops' withdrawal from Artsakh is unacceptable". News.am. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  8. ^ "Azerbaijanis Destroy Artsakh National Assembly Building". The Armenian Report. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  9. ^ "Karabakh parliament in exile condemns Azerbaijan's vandalistic policy". News.am. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  10. ^ Article 107 Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh
  11. ^ Committees Archived 2020-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Official website of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh
  12. ^ "Vilen Safaryan has been received a certificate of a deputy | NKR CEC". cecnkr.am. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  13. ^ "Ռուսլան Իսրաելյանն "Ազատ Հայրենիք" կուսակցությունից և Ազգային ժողովի "Հայրենիք" խմբակցությունից դուրս գալու որոշում է կայացրել" (in Armenian).

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