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hreflang="de" data-title="Präsident der Republik Arzach" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9sident_de_la_r%C3%A9publique_d%27Artsakh" title="Président de la république d'Artsakh – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Président de la république d'Artsakh" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A5%B4%EC%B0%A8%ED%9D%90_%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%EB%8C%80%ED%86%B5%EB%A0%B9" title="아르차흐 공화국의 대통령 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아르차흐 공화국의 대통령" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li 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class="nobold">Արցախի հանրապետության նախագահ</span></span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>)</span><br />Президент Нагорно-Карабахской Республики (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh.svg/125px-Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh.svg/188px-Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Artsakh" title="Template talk:Politics of Artsakh"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Artsakh" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Artsakh"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>president of the Republic of Artsakh</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Արցախի Հանրապետության նախագահ</span>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Президент Нагорно-Карабахской Республики</span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government-in-exile" title="Government-in-exile">government-in-exile</a> of the once de facto <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a>. </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/2017_Nagorno-Karabakh_constitutional_referendum" title="2017 Nagorno-Karabakh constitutional referendum">constitutional referendum</a> held in 2017, citizens of the republic voted in favor of adopting a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential system</a> of governance. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Arayik_Harutyunyan" title="Arayik Harutyunyan">Arayik Harutyunyan</a> was elected president in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Artsakhian_general_election" title="2020 Artsakhian general election">2020 Artsakhian general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned on 1 September 2023. On 9 September 2023, Samvel Shahramanyan was elected president by Artsakh's parliament to replace Harutyunyan.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Azerbaijani_offensive_in_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh">Azerbaijani offensive</a> on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters-2023-09-28_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-2023-09-28-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however instead of dissolving, they established a <a href="/wiki/Government-in-exile" title="Government-in-exile">government-in-exile</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a>, Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a>, has since severely opposed the government-in-exile's existence in Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constitutional_powers">Constitutional powers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Constitutional powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constitution granted significant power to the president who controls the executive branch, represented the state abroad and appointed the ministers. The president was also the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Artsakh_Defence_Army" title="Artsakh Defence Army">Artsakh Defence Army</a> and had the right to appoint and dismiss the supreme command of the armed forces and other troops. </p><p>Article 93 of the former <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Artsakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Artsakh">constitution</a> outlined functions of the president: </p> <ol><li>Shall administer the domestic and foreign policies of the State;</li> <li>Shall exercise general management of the bodies of the state administration system;</li> <li>Shall define the structure and rules of operation of the Government and other state bodies ;</li> <li>Shall appoint and dismiss the state minister and ministers;</li> <li>Shall administer state property and finances;</li> <li>Shall make appointments to the state positions, in cases prescribed by law;</li> <li>May form advisory bodies;</li> <li>Shall represent the Republic of Artsakh in international relations, sign international treaties, present international agreements to the National Assembly for ratification and sign their ratification forms, approve, suspend or revoke the international agreements not requiring ratification;</li> <li>Shall appoint and recall the diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Artsakh to foreign countries and international organizations; receive the credentials and letters of recall of diplomatic representatives of foreign states and international organizations;</li> <li>May issue decree on not holding elections and referendum during martial law;</li> <li>May dissolve the National Assembly except for one-year period following the opening of the first parliamentary session, in times of war and emergency as well as when he/she, during martial law, has issued a decree on not holding elections;</li> <li>Shall apply to the President of the National Assembly with a proposal to convene a special session or sitting of the National Assembly;</li> <li>Shall submit the Draft State Budget to the National Assembly;</li> <li>Shall have the right to legislative initiative;</li> <li>Shall apply to the National Assembly with a recommendation of amnesty;</li> <li>May deliver an address to the people and the National Assembly;</li> <li>Shall submit to the National Assembly an annual communication on the implementation progress and results of his/her Program of previous year and on the Program of following year;</li> <li>Shall propose to the National Assembly a candidate for the Prosecutor General; at the recommendation of the Prosecutor General, shall appoint and dismiss the Deputy Prosecutor Generals;</li> <li>Shall appoint one member-lawyer of the Supreme Judicial Council;</li> <li>In the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situations, shall take measures appropriate to the situation and address the people on that matter; if necessary, shall declare state of emergency;</li> <li>Shall decorate with orders and medals of the Republic of Artsakh and confere the highest military and honorary titles, the highest diplomatic and other class ranks;</li> <li>Shall decide on the issue of granting pardon to convicts under the procedure prescribed by law;</li> <li>Shall, in the cases and under the procedure prescribed by law, decide on issues in respect of granting and terminating citizenship of the Republic of Artsakh;</li> <li>Shall adopt normative and individual legal acts: such as decrees and executive orders.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election">Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Requirements">Requirements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Artsakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Artsakh">Constitution of Artsakh</a> requires that the president should be at least 35-years-old, being a citizen of only of the Republic of Artsakh for the preceding ten years and having resided permanently only in Artsakh at least preceding ten years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Term_limits">Term limits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Term limits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The president is elected for a five-year term and could be reelected only once.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_heads_of_state_(1992–2024)"><span id="List_of_heads_of_state_.281992.E2.80.932024.29"></span>List of heads of state (1992–2024)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of heads of state (1992–2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairmen_of_the_Supreme_Council_(1992–1994)"><span id="Chairmen_of_the_Supreme_Council_.281992.E2.80.931994.29"></span>Chairmen of the Supreme Council (1992–1994)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Chairmen of the Supreme Council (1992–1994)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(birth–death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Political party </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Time in office </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#AA0000; color:white;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Artur_Mkrtchyan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Artur Mkrtchyan"><img alt="Artur Mkrtchyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Artur_Mkrtchyan_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Artur_Mkrtchyan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Artur_Mkrtchyan_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Artur_Mkrtchyan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Artur_Mkrtchyan_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Artur_Mkrtchyan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="381" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Artur_Mkrtchyan" title="Artur Mkrtchyan">Artur Mkrtchyan</a></b><br /><small>(1959–1992)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 January 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14 April 1992 †</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001980000000000000♠"></span>98 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation" title="Armenian Revolutionary Federation">ARF</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#AA0000; color:white;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgi_Petrosyan.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Georgi Petrosian"><img alt="Georgi Petrosian" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Georgi_Petrosyan.JPG/100px-Georgi_Petrosyan.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Georgi_Petrosyan.JPG/150px-Georgi_Petrosyan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Georgi_Petrosyan.JPG/200px-Georgi_Petrosyan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="3646" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Georgi_Petrosian" title="Georgi Petrosian">Georgi Petrosian</a></b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">15 April 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">14 June 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7002425000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 60 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation" title="Armenian Revolutionary Federation">ARF</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Karen Baburyan [hy]"><img alt="Karen Baburyan [hy]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karen_Baburyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karen Baburyan (page does not exist)">Karen Baburyan</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Baburyan" class="extiw" title="hy:Karen Baburyan">hy</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1954–2011)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">14 June 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">29 December 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7002563000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 198 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents_(1994–2024)"><span id="Presidents_.281994.E2.80.932024.29"></span>Presidents (1994–2024)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Presidents (1994–2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(birth–death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Elected </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Time in office </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Kocharyan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert Kocharyan"><img alt="Robert Kocharyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Robert_Kocharyan.jpg/100px-Robert_Kocharyan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Robert_Kocharyan.jpg/150px-Robert_Kocharyan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Robert_Kocharyan.jpg/200px-Robert_Kocharyan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="791" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a></b><br /><small>(born 1954)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 December 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 March 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002812000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 81 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/1996_Nagorno-Karabakh_presidential_election" title="1996 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election">1996</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leonard-petrosyan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Leonard Petrosyan"><img alt="Leonard Petrosyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Leonard-petrosyan.jpg/100px-Leonard-petrosyan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Leonard-petrosyan.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="130" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Petrosyan" title="Leonard Petrosyan">Leonard Petrosyan</a></b><br /><small>(1952–1999<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">20 March 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">8 September 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7002172000000000000♠"></span>172 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%82%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arkadi Ghukasyan"><img alt="Arkadi Ghukasyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%82%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6.jpg/100px-%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%82%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%82%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6.jpg/150px-%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%82%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6.jpg 1.5x, 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background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/1997_Nagorno-Karabakh_presidential_election" title="1997 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election">1997</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2002_Nagorno-Karabakh_presidential_election" title="2002 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election">2002</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bako_Sahakyan,_President_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bako Sahakyan"><img alt="Bako Sahakyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Bako_Sahakyan%2C_President_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Bako_Sahakyan%2C_President_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="113" 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data-sort-value="7003464000000000000♠"></span>12 years, 257 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Nagorno-Karabakh_presidential_election" title="2007 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election">2007</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2012_Nagorno-Karabakh_presidential_election" title="2012 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election">2012</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2017_Artsakhian_presidential_election" title="2017 Artsakhian presidential election">2017</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFA500; color:black;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arayik_Harutyunyan.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Arayik Harutyunyan"><img alt="Arayik Harutyunyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Arayik_Harutyunyan.png/100px-Arayik_Harutyunyan.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Arayik_Harutyunyan.png/150px-Arayik_Harutyunyan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Arayik_Harutyunyan.png/200px-Arayik_Harutyunyan.png 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="616" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Arayik_Harutyunyan" title="Arayik Harutyunyan">Arayik Harutyunyan</a></b><br /><small>(born 1973)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 May 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 September 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003119800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 103 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Free_Motherland" title="Free Motherland">Free Motherland</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2020_Artsakhian_general_election" title="2020 Artsakhian general election">2020</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#AA0000; color:white;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Davit Ishkhanyan"><img alt="Davit Ishkhanyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Davit_Ishkhanyan" title="Davit Ishkhanyan">Davit Ishkhanyan</a></b><br /><small>(born 1968)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">1 September 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">10 September 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠"></span>9 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation" title="Armenian Revolutionary Federation">ARF</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Samvel Shahramanyan"><img alt="Samvel Shahramanyan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Samvel_Shahramanyan" title="Samvel Shahramanyan">Samvel Shahramanyan</a></b><br /><small>(born 1978)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 September 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 January 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002113000000000000♠"></span>113 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2023_Artsakhian_presidential_election" title="2023 Artsakhian presidential election">2023</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latest_election">Latest election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Latest election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2023_Artsakhian_presidential_election" title="2023 Artsakhian presidential election">2023 Artsakhian presidential election</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Samvel_Shahramanyan" title="Samvel Shahramanyan">Samvel Shahramanyan</a></td><td>Independent<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right">22</td><td style="text-align:right">95.65</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Against</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">4.35</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="3">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">23</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="5" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>23</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>0</td><td>0.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>23</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>33</td><td>69.70</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic" title="Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic">Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Minister_of_Artsakh" title="State Minister of Artsakh">State Minister of Artsakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Artsakh" title="President of the National Assembly of Artsakh">President of the National Assembly of Artsakh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Note">Note</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Artsakh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Note"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arminiya" title="Arminiya">Arminiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Artsakh" title="Kingdom of Artsakh">Kingdom of Artsakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Karabakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of Karabakh">Province of Karabakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_struggle_of_Artsakh_(1724-1731)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberation struggle of Artsakh (1724-1731)">Liberation struggle of Artsakh of 1724–1731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melikdoms_of_Karabakh" title="Melikdoms of Karabakh">Khamsa / Melikdoms of Karabakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabakh_Khanate" title="Karabakh Khanate">Karabakh Khanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_war_(1918%E2%80%931920)" title="Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)">Armenian–Azerbaijani War of 1918–1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast">Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Nagorno-Karabakh_independence_referendum" title="1991 Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum">1991 independence referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh">Blockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Azerbaijani_offensive_in_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh">2023 Azerbaijani offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_Armenians" title="Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians">Exodus of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Artsakh" title="List of cities and towns in Artsakh">Settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabakh_Range" title="Karabakh Range">Karabakh Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Caucasus" title="Lesser Caucasus">Lesser Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aras_(river)" title="Aras (river)">Aras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakari_(river)" title="Hakari (river)">Hakari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khachinchay" title="Khachinchay">Khachinchay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartar_(river)" title="Tartar (river)">Tartar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voghji_(river)" 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