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People's Assembly – Parliament Аԥсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент Apsny Žwlar Reizara – Aparlament
7th People's Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Lasha Ashuba since 12 April 2022
Vice Speakers	Naur Narmania, Fazlibey Avidzba, Ashot Minosyan
Structure
Seats	35
Political groups	Independents (30)   Amtsakhara (4)   Aitaira (1)
Elections
Last election	12 and 26 March 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Sukhumi
Website
parlamentra.org/ab/

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The People's Assembly – Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia (Abkhaz: Аԥсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент, romanized: Apsny Žwlar Reizara – Aparlament, Georgian: აფხაზეთის ე.წ რესპუბლიკის სახალხო კრება, romanized: apkhazetis e.ts' resp'ublik'is sakhalkho k'reba, Russian: Народное Собрание – Парламент Республики Абхазия, romanized: Narodnoye Sobraniye – Parlament Respubliki Abkhaziya) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Composition

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.)

Leadership

Valery Kvarchia is the current speaker of parliament. He was elected on 12 April 2017, succeeding Valery Bganba. There are currently three Vice-Speakers: Said Kharazia, Levon Galustyan, and Mikhail Sangulia.

Committees

The People's Assembly currently contains the following eight committees:

1. Legal Policy, State Building and Human Rights
2. Budget, Credit Institutions, Tax and Finance
3. Economic Policy, Reform and Innovation
4. Defence and National Security
5. Social Policy, Labour and Health
6. Education, Science, Culture, Religion, Youth and Sport
7. International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Relations with Compatriots
8. Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Ecology

The number of committees had been eleven during the 4th convocation (from 2007 until 2012).

List of current Members

2017 parliamentary elections

Notable people

• Valeri Gurjua, member of the First Convocation of the People's Assembly (1992–1996).

Shooting incident

On December 19,

References

1. The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
2. Zavodskaia, Elena (30 July 2015). "Мажоритарная система осталась в силе". Echo of the Caucasus. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
3. "Валерий Кварчия избран спикером Парламента Абхазии шестого созыва". Apsnypress. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
4. "Харазия: призываю к единому творческому созиданию, сохранению Апсны, всего, что нам дорого". Apsnypress. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
5. "В парламенте пятого созыва - восемь комитетов". Apsnypress. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
6. "В связи с достижением предельного возраста пребывания в должности судьи прекращены полномочия председателя Арбитражного суда Валерия Гурджуа". Apsnypress. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.

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