President of the National Assembly of Artsakh

Speaker of the parliamentary body

President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh
Արցախի հանրապետության Ազգային ժողովի նախագահ (Armenian)
Coat of arms of Artsakh
Appointer	Elected by National Assembly
Term length	coincides with the term of the assembly
Inaugural holder	Leonard Petrosyan
Formation	September 12, 1991
Website	http://nankr.am

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The president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Armenian: Ազգային ժողովի նախագահ, Azgayin zhoghovi naxagah) is the speaker of the House in the Parliament of Artsakh.

Until 1995, the post was called Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. From January 1992 to December 1994, until Robert Kocharyan was elected as the president of Artsakh, the chairman was de facto the head of state of the republic.

Following an Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024, as de jure. In December 2023, this decision was subsequently declared not valid by the Artsakh president.

The speaker is Davit Ishkhanyan of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.

List of presidents of the National Assembly

Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
Leonard Petrosyan	12 September 1991	8 January 1992	Independent
Artur Mkrtchyan	8 January 1992	14 April 1992	Independent
Georgi Petrosian (acting)	15 April 1992	14 June 1993	Independent
Karen Baburyan [hy]	14 June 1993	March 1996	Independent
Arthur Tovmasyan	March 1996	2 December 1997	Independent
Oleg Yesayan	2 December 1997	1 July 2005	Independent
Ashot Ghulian	1 July 2005	21 May 2020	Democratic
Arthur Tovmasyan	21 May 2020	29 July 2023	Free Motherland
Davit Ishkhanyan	7 August 2023		Armenian Revolutionary Federation

References

"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.
"ARF's Davit Ishkanyan Elected Artsakh Parliament Speaker". Retrieved 2023-09-02.
"Davit Ishkhanyan elected chairman of Artsakh parliament". Retrieved 2023-09-02.

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Office of the Republic of Artsakh

v t e Presidents of the National Assembly of Artsakh
	Leonard Petrosyan Artur Mkrtchyan Georgi Petrosian (acting) Karen Baburyan Arthur Tovmasian Oleg Yesayan Ashot Ghulian Arthur Tovmasyan Davit Ishkhanyan

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