| National Assembly | |
| Native Name: | Ազգային ժողով |
| Transcription Name: | Azgayin Zhoghov |
| Coa Pic: | Coat of arms of Artsakh.svg |
| Coa Res: | 150px |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Election1: | 7 August 2023[1] |
| Leader2 Type: | Vice-President |
| Election2: | 21 May 2020 |
| Members: | 33 |
| Structure1: | Artsakh Assemblée nationale 2020.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (16)
Government support (8)
Opposition (9) |
| Session Room: | NKR Parliament, Stepanakert.jpg |
| Session Res: | 250px |
| Website: | http://www.nankr.am/en |
The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով|Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yan Azgayin zhoghov; often shortened: Armenian: Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ,) 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]
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.
See main article: 2020 Artsakhian general election.
The National Assembly had 7 standing committees:
The members of the 6th convocation of the National Assembly were elected on 3 May 2015.
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Motherland (14) | Artur Tovmasyan (head of faction) | |
| Ramela Dadayan (secretary of faction) | ||
| Arpat Avanesyan | ||
| Aram Grigoryan | ||
| Grigory Kasparyan | ||
| Sergey Harutyunyan | ||
| Rudik Hyusnunts | ||
| Robert Ghahramanyan | ||
| Arzik Mkhitaryan | ||
| Vardges Ulubabyab | ||
| Gagik Petrosyan | ||
| Hovik Jivanyan | ||
| Ararat Ohandjanyan | ||
| Armen Ohanyan | ||
| Democratic Party (6) | Ashot Ghulian (Speaker of the Parliament) | |
| Vardges Baghryan (head of faction) | ||
| Ludmila Barseghyan (secretary of faction) | ||
| Zhanna Galstyan | ||
| Gegham Stepanyan | ||
| ARF (6) | Armen Sargsyan (head of faction) | |
| Alyosha Gabrielyan (secretary of faction) | ||
| Vahram Balayan | ||
| David Ishkhanyan | ||
| Rita Mnatsakanyan | ||
| Georgy Petrosyan | ||
| Movement 88 (3) | Eduard Aghabekyan (head of faction) | |
| Gagik Baghunts (secretary of faction) | ||
| Vilen Safaryan[12] | ||
| National Revival (1) | Hayk Khanumyan (head of faction) | |
| Independent (3) | Ruslan Israelyan[13] | |
| Aram Sargsyan | ||
| Erik Harutunyan | ||
| Source: National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh | ||
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.[14]
| Faction | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Arthur Tovmasyan (President of the National Assembly) | |
| Arthur Harutyunyan (head of faction) | ||
| Eleonora Avanesyan (secretary of faction) | ||
| Eduard Aghabekyan | ||
| Aram Grigoryan | ||
| Hovik Jivanyan | ||
| Vladimir Kasyan | ||
| Arevik Petrosyan | ||
| Karine Atayan | ||
| Aramayis Aghabekyan | ||
| Areg Avagyan | ||
| Nela Grigoryan | ||
| Ashot Danielyan | ||
| Armen Hakobyan | ||
| Aram Harutyunyan | ||
| Lernik Ghalayan | ||
| United Motherland (9) | Gagik Baghunts (Vice-President of the National Assembly, head of faction) | |
| Marsel Petrosyan (secretary of faction) | ||
| Sevak Aghajanyan | ||
| David Baghdasaryan | ||
| Arshak Grigoryan | ||
| Seyran Hayrapetyan | ||
| Nune Melkumyan | ||
| Gohar Sargsyan | ||
| David Sargsyan | ||
| Justice (3) | David Galstyan (head of faction) | |
| Metakse Hakobyan (secretary of faction) | ||
| Karen Hovhannisyan | ||
| ARF (3) | Arthur Mosiyan (head of faction) | |
| Vahram Balayan (secretary of faction) | ||
| David Ishkhanyan | ||
| Democratic Party (2) | David Melkumyan (head of faction) | |
| Gegham Stepanyan (secretary of faction) | ||
| Source: National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh | ||