The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (; often shortened: , ) was the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Artsakh and has been in exile in Armenia since late 2023.
Status Following the Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh president Samvel Shahramanyan issued a decree to dissolve the Republic by 1 January 2024. However, this decision was subsequently declared not valid in December 2023 by Shahramanyan. The Assembly kept functioning in exile from Yerevan. In April 2025 it adopted a constitutional amendment to preserve the office of the president, by prolonging Shahramanyan's term. The option to hold new elections was dismissed, due to depopulation of the region and the collapsed institutions.
Assembly 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, but the city came under the control of Azerbaijan during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
In early March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities demolished the building of the National Assembly of Artsakh.
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.Article 107 Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh
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: Standing Committee on Defense, Security and Law Enforcement Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Standing Committee on Social Affairs and Health Standing Committee on Production and Manufacturing Infrastructure Standing Committee on Budget, Financial and Economic Management Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sports,Committees Official website of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh
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. PartyNameFree Motherland (14)Artur Tovmasyan (head of faction)Ramela Dadayan (secretary of faction)Arpat AvanesyanAram GrigoryanGrigory KasparyanSergey HarutyunyanRudik HyusnuntsRobert GhahramanyanArzik MkhitaryanVardges UlubabyabGagik PetrosyanHovik JivanyanArarat OhandjanyanArmen OhanyanDemocratic Party (6)Ashot Ghulian (Speaker of the Parliament)Vardges Baghryan (head of faction)Ludmila Barseghyan (secretary of faction)Zhanna GalstyanGegham StepanyanARF (6)Armen Sargsyan (head of faction)Alyosha Gabrielyan (secretary of faction)Vahram BalayanDavid IshkhanyanRita MnatsakanyanGeorgy PetrosyanMovement 88 (3)Eduard Aghabekyan (head of faction)Gagik Baghunts (secretary of faction)Vilen SafaryanNational Revival (1)Hayk Khanumyan (head of faction)Independent (3)Ruslan IsraelyanAram SargsyanErik HarutunyanSource: National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh
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.
FactionNameFree Motherland - UCA Alliance (16)Arthur Tovmasyan (President of the National Assembly)Arthur Harutyunyan (head of faction)Eleonora Avanesyan (secretary of faction)Eduard AghabekyanAram GrigoryanHovik JivanyanVladimir KasyanArevik PetrosyanKarine AtayanAramayis AghabekyanAreg AvagyanNela GrigoryanAshot DanielyanArmen HakobyanAram HarutyunyanLernik GhalayanUnited Motherland (9)Gagik Baghunts (Vice-President of the National Assembly, head of faction)Marsel Petrosyan (secretary of faction)Sevak AghajanyanDavid BaghdasaryanArshak GrigoryanSeyran HayrapetyanNune MelkumyanGohar SargsyanDavid SargsyanJustice (3)David Galstyan (head of faction)Metakse Hakobyan (secretary of faction)Karen HovhannisyanARF (3)Arthur Mosiyan (head of faction)Vahram Balayan (secretary of faction)David IshkhanyanDemocratic Party (2)David Melkumyan (head of faction)Gegham Stepanyan (secretary of faction)Source: National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh
See also
Elections in the Republic of Artsakh List of legislatures by country List of political parties in Artsakh National Assembly (Armenia) Politics of Artsakh President of the National Assembly of Artsakh Sahakyan government Second Harutyunyan government
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External links
Website of the National Assembly