National Assembly (Artsakh)

The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Արցախի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով; often shortened: 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, 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. In December 2023, this decision was subsequently declared not valid by the Artsakh president. The Assembly kept functioning in exile from Yerevan.

In early March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities demolished the National Assembly of Artsakh building.

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.

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.

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,

6th Convocation
The members of the 6th convocation of the National Assembly were elected on 3 May 2015.

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.