People's Assembly — Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia of the 7th convocation (; ) is the current convocation of the People's Assembly of partially recognized

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, elected in the

2022 Abkhazian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Abkhazia on 12 March 2022, with a second round taking place on 26 March. Campaign Abkhazia is a republic whose territory is part of Georgia and which proclaimed itself independent in 1992. Only Russia, Nica ...

History

On 12 April 2022, at the first meeting of the elected parliament,

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was unanimously elected speaker. Fazlybey Avidzba, Astamur Arshba and Ashot Minosyan were elected vice-speakers of the parliament. The meeting was held in the hall of the Cabinet of Ministers. The first meeting in accordance with the Constitution is chaired by the oldest deputy Fazlibey Avidzba, born 1957. Member of the Russian

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is also present at the first meeting as a guest.

Composition

This list contains all 35 elected MPs. 33 of them were elected in the first two rounds, and two constituencies had to hold by-elections.

References

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People's Assembly of Abkhazia The People's Assembly – Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia (, ka, აფხაზეთის ე.წ რესპუბლიკის სახალხო კრება, tr, ) is the unicameral legislature of the Abkhazia, Republic o ...

Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...