President of Artsakh
President of the Republic of Artsakh
Արցախի հանրապետության նախագահ (Armenian) | |
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Residence | Presidential Palace |
Seat | Stepanakert |
Appointer | Direct popular vote |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Robert Kocharyan |
Formation | 29 December 1994 |
Website |
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The President of Artsakh is the head of state and head of government of the de facto Republic of Artsakh.
In a constitutional referendum held in 2017, citizens of the Republic voted in favor of transforming Artsakh into a presidential system. On 19 July 2017 the National Assembly voted to elect the President for the next three years until the next general election which will be held in 2020.[1] The incumbent, Bako Sahakyan, was re-elected. If it wasn’t for the amendment to the constitution, he would have had to step down in 2017 after serving two consecutive five-year terms.
List of Heads of State (1992–present)
Chairmen of the Supreme Council (1992–1994)
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Tenure | Party | |
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Took Office | Left Office | |||
1 | Artur Mkrtchyan (1959–1992) |
7 January 1992 | 14 April 1992 | Independent |
— | Georgi Petrosian (1952–) Acting Chairman |
15 April 1992 | 14 June 1993 | Independent |
— | Karen Baburyan (1954–2011) Acting Chairman |
14 June 1993 | 29 December 1994 | Independent |
Presidents (1994–present)
№ | Picture | Name
(Born–Died) |
Elected | Term of Office | Party | |
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Took Office | Left Office | |||||
1 | Robert Kocharyan (1954–) |
1996 | 29 December 1994 | 20 March 1997 | Independent | |
— | Leonard Petrosyan (1952–1999) |
20 March 1997 | 8 September 1997 | Independent | ||
2 | Arkadi Ghukasyan (1957–) |
1997 | 8 September 1997 | 7 September 2007 | Independent | |
3 | Bako Sahakyan (1959–) |
2007 | 7 September 2007 | Incumbent | Independent |
Latest election
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Bako Sahakyan | 47,085 | 64.65 |
Vitaly Balasanyan | 22,966 | 31.53 |
Arkady Soghomonyan | 594 | 0.81 |
Blank or invalid | 2,188 | 3.00 |
Total votes cast | 72,833 | 100.00 |
Turnout | 72,833 | 73.64 |
Abstention | 26,076 | 26.36 |
Total eligible voters | 98,909 | 100.00 |
Source: Panorama, RIA Novosti |
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