| People's Assembly — Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia Abkhazian: Аԥсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент აფხაზეთის ე.წ რესპუბლიკის სახალხო კრება Russian: Народное Собрание — Парламент Республики Абхазия | |
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| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Election1: | 12 April 2022 |
| Leader2 Type: | Vice Speakers |
| Members: | 35 |
| Structure1: | Abkhazia People's Assembly 2022.svg |
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| Meeting Place: | Sukhumi |
| Last Election1: | 12 and 26 March 2022 |
The People's Assembly — Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia (Abkhazian: Аԥсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент|translit=Apsny Žwlar Reizara – Aparlament, Georgian: აფხაზეთის ე.წ რესპუბლიკის სახალხო კრება|tr, Russian: Народное Собрание — Парламент Республики Абхазия|translit=Narodnoye Sobraniye – Parlament Respubliki Abkhaziya) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Abkhazia.
The People's Assembly has 35 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies. On 30 July 2015, Parliament failed to support a constitutional amendment increasing the number of members to 45 and introducing a mixed electoral system. The proposal was supported by 19 Deputies, four short of the required two-thirds majority. (Five deputies voted against, 4 abstained.)[1]
Valery Kvarchia is the current speaker of parliament. He was elected on 12 April 2017, succeeding Valery Bganba.[2] There are currently three Vice-Speakers: Said Kharazia, Levon Galustyan, and Mikhail Sangulia.[3]
The People's Assembly currently contains the following eight committees:
The number of committees had been eleven during the 4th convocation (from 2007 until 2012).[4]
| Constituency | Name | Affiliation | Position | Notes | |
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| 1 | Sukhumi | Givi Kvarchia | Vice Speaker | ||
| 2 | Sukhumi | Almas Japua | |||
| 3 | Sukhumi | Valery Agrba | |||
| 4 | Sukhumi | Batal Ayba | |||
| 5 | Sukhumi | Lasha Ashuba | |||
| 6 | Sukhumi | Raul Lolua | |||
| 7 | Sukhumi | Alkhas Jinjolia | |||
| 8 | Pitsunda | Akhra Abukhba | |||
| 9 | Bzyb | Beslan Smyr | |||
| 10 | Gagra | Yury Khagush | |||
| 11 | Gagra | Astamur Arshba | |||
| 12 | Tsandripsh | Aleksandr Tsishba | |||
| 13 | Otkhura | Levon Dashan | |||
| 14 | Duripsh | Dmitry Dbar | |||
| 15 | Lykhny | Dmitry Ardzinba | |||
| 16 | Gudauta | Mikhail Sangulia | Vice Speaker | ||
| 17 | Aatsin | Leonid Chamagua | |||
| 18 | New Athos | Aleksandr Ankvab | |||
| 19 | Eshera | Dmitry Gunba | |||
| 20 | Gumista | Natali Smyr | |||
| 21 | Besleti | Almaskhan Ardzinba | |||
| 22 | Pshap | Levon Galustyan | Vice Speaker | ||
| 23 | Machara | Valery Kvarchia | Speaker | ||
| 24 | Dranda | Ashot Minosyan | |||
| 25 | Beslakhuba | Said Kharazia | Vice Speaker | ||
| 26 | Chlou | Ilya Gunia | |||
| 27 | Kutol | Venori Bebia | |||
| 28 | Atara | Astamur Logua | |||
| 29 | Ochamchira | Astamur Tarba | |||
| 30 | Tkvarcheli | Batal Tabagua | |||
| 31 | Tkvarcheli | Aslan Bzhania | |||
| 32 | Uakum | Inal Tarba | |||
| 33 | Chuburkhinji | Tayfun Ardzinba | |||
| 34 | Gali | Omar Jinjolia | |||
| 35 | Shashikvar | Kakha Pertaia | |||
See main article: Abkhazian parliamentary election, 2017.