People's Assembly – Parliament Аԥсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент Apsny Žwlar Reizara – Aparlament | |
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| 7th People's Assembly | |
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| Leadership | |
Lasha Ashuba since 12 April 2022 | |
Vice Speakers | |
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| Seats | 35 |
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Political groups |
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| Elections | |
Last election | 12 and 26 March 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| Sukhumi | |
| Website | |
| parlamentra | |
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| Constitution |
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 Abkhazia portal |
ThePeople'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 theunicameral legislature of theRepublic of Abkhazia.[1]
The People's Assembly has 35 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seatconstituencies. 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.)[2]
Valery Kvarchia is the currentspeaker of parliament. He was elected on 12 April 2017, succeedingValery Bganba.[3] There are currently three Vice-Speakers:Said Kharazia,Levon Galustyan, andMikhail Sangulia.[4]
The People's Assembly currently contains the following eight committees:
The number of committees had been eleven during the4th convocation (from 2007 until 2012).[5]
