:People's Assembly of Abkhazia
{{Short description|Unicameral legislature of Abkhazia}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = People's Assembly – Parliament
| native_name = {{small|Аԥсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент}}
| transcription_name = {{small|{{nobold|Apsny Žwlar Reizara – Aparlament}}}}
| coa_pic = Logo of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia.png
| background_color = #0B2A4C
| house_type = Unicameral
| houses =
| legislature = 7th People's Assembly
| leader1_type = Speaker
| leader1 = Lasha Ashuba
| party1 =
| election1 = 12 April 2022
| leader2_type = Vice Speakers
| leader2 = Naur Narmania, Fazlibey Avidzba, Ashot Minosyan
| party2 =
| election2 =
| members = 35
| structure1 = Abkhazia People's Assembly 2022.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| structure1_alt =
| political_groups1 =
- {{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=silver}} Independents (30)
- {{Color box|{{party color|Amtsakhara}}|border=silver}} Amtsakhara (4)
- {{Color box|#2F005D|border=silver}} Aitaira (1)
| meeting_place = Sukhumi
| session_room =
| last_election1 = 12 and 26 March 2022
| next_election1 = 2027
| website = {{URL|https://parlamentra.org/ab/}}
}}
{{Politics of Abkhazia}}
The People's Assembly – Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia ({{langx|ab|Аԥсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент|translit=Apsny Žwlar Reizara – Aparlament}}, {{lang-ka|აფხაზეთის ე.წ რესპუბლიკის სახალხო კრება|tr}}, {{langx|ru|Народное Собрание – Парламент Республики Абхазия|translit=Narodnoye Sobraniye – Parlament Respubliki Abkhaziya}}) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Abkhazia.{{Abkhazia-note}}
Composition
{{details|5th convocation of the People's Assembly 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.){{cite news|last1=Zavodskaia|first1=Elena|title=Мажоритарная система осталась в силе|url=http://www.ekhokavkaza.org/content/article/27161608.html|access-date=19 October 2015|agency=Echo of the Caucasus|date=30 July 2015}}
=Leadership=
Valery Kvarchia is the current speaker of parliament. He was elected on 12 April 2017, succeeding Valery Bganba.{{cite news|title=Валерий Кварчия избран спикером Парламента Абхазии шестого созыва|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/valeriy-kvarchiya-izbran-spikerom-parlamenta-abkhazii-shestogo-sozyva/|access-date=24 May 2017|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=12 April 2017}} There are currently three Vice-Speakers: Said Kharazia, Levon Galustyan, and Mikhail Sangulia.{{cite news|title=Харазия: призываю к единому творческому созиданию, сохранению Апсны, всего, что нам дорого|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/kharaziya-prizyvayu-k-edinomu-tvorcheskomu-sozidaniyu-sokhraneniyu-apsny-vsego-chto-nam-dorogo/|access-date=24 May 2017|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=12 April 2017}}
=Committees=
The People's Assembly currently contains the following eight committees:
- Legal Policy, State Building and Human Rights
- Budget, Credit Institutions, Tax and Finance
- Economic Policy, Reform and Innovation
- Defence and National Security
- Social Policy, Labour and Health
- Education, Science, Culture, Religion, Youth and Sport
- International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Relations with Compatriots
- Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Ecology
The number of committees had been eleven during the 4th convocation (from 2007 until 2012).{{cite news|title=В парламенте пятого созыва - восемь комитетов|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/5970.html|access-date=11 April 2012|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=10 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415031721/http://apsnypress.info/news/5970.html|archive-date=15 April 2012}}
=List of current Members=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!# !! Constituency !! Name !! Affiliation !! Position !! Notes |
| 1
|Sukhumi | |Vice Speaker | |
| 2
|Sukhumi | | | |
| 3
|Sukhumi | | | |
| 4
|Sukhumi | | | |
| 5
|Sukhumi | | | |
| 6
|Sukhumi | | | |
| 7
|Sukhumi | | | |
| 8
|Pitsunda | | | |
| 9
|Bzyb | | | |
| 10
|Gagra | | | |
| 11
|Gagra | | | |
| 12
|Gantiadi | | | |
| 13
|Otkhura | | | |
| 14
|Duripsh | | | |
| 15
|Lykhny | | | |
| 16
|Gudauta | |Vice Speaker | |
| 17
|Aatsin | | | |
| 18
|New Athos | | | |
| 19
|Eshera | | | |
| 20
|Gumista | | | |
| 21
|Besleti | | | |
| 22
|Pshap | |Vice Speaker | |
| 23
|Machara | |Speaker | |
| 24
|Dranda | | | |
| 25
|Beslakhuba | |Vice Speaker | |
| 26
|Chlou | | | |
| 27
|Kutoli | | | |
| 28
|Atara | | | |
| 29
|Ochamchira | | | |
| 30
|Tkvarcheli | | | |
| 31
|Tkvarcheli | | | |
| 32
|Uakum | | | |
| 33
|Chuburkhinji | | | |
| 34
|Gali | | | |
| 35
|Shashikvar | | | |
2017 parliamentary elections
{{Main|Abkhazian parliamentary election, 2017}}
Notable people
- Valeri Gurjua, member of the First Convocation of the People's Assembly (1992–1996).{{cite news|title=В связи с достижением предельного возраста пребывания в должности судьи прекращены полномочия председателя Арбитражного суда Валерия Гурджуа|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/8176.html|accessdate=1 February 2013|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=1 February 2013}}