President of Artsakh

President of the Republic of Artsakh
Արցախի հանրապետության նախագահ (Armenian)
Президент Нагорно-Карабахской Республики (Russian)
Longest serving
Bako Sahakyan

7 September 2007 – 21 May 2020
StatusHead of state
Head of government
ResidencePresidential Palace
SeatStepanakert
AppointerDirect popular vote
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderRobert Kocharyan
Formation29 December 1994
Final holderSamvel Shahramanyan
Abolished1 January 2024

The president of the Republic of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության նախագահ, Russian: Президент Нагорно-Карабахской Республики) was 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 adopting a presidential system of governance.

Arayik Harutyunyan was elected president in the 2020 Artsakhian general election.[1][2] He resigned on 1 September 2023. On 9 September 2023, Samvel Shahramanyan was elected president by Artsakh's parliament to replace Harutyunyan.[3]

Following an Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024.[4]

  1. ^ "Arayik Harutyunyan sworn in as Artsakh's fourth President". Public Radio of Armenia. 21 May 2020. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Arayik Harutyunyan assumes post of President of the Republic of Artsakh – aysor.am – Hot news from Armenia". www.aysor.am. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Սամվել Շահրամանյանն ընտրվեց Արցախի նախագահ". Panorama.am (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ "MSN". msn.com. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

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