Parliament of South Ossetia

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Parliament of South Ossetia

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Type
Type
Leadership
Alan Alborov, Nykhaz
since 15 September 2022
Structure
Seats34
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Political groups
Minority Government
  •   People's Party (5)
  •   Nykhaz (4)
  •   Unity of the People (3)
Opposition
Elections
Last election
2019
Meeting place
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Tskhinvali
Website
www.parliamentrso.org

The Parliament of South Ossetia is the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia. The 34 members of parliament are elected using a mixed system of Party-list proportional representation (17) and single-member districts (17). South Ossetia has a multi-party system, and currently 5 political parties are represented in parliament and has 6 independent MPs elected through single-member districts. The parliament is headed by a speaker, who is elected from among the members. Since 15 September 2022 the speaker of parliament is Alan Alborov, one of the four deputees of the Nykhaz party of president Alan Gagloev, after Alan Tadtaev of United Ossetia was forced to resign. [1] [2]

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History

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Damage to the Parliament building in August 2008

The parliament of South Ossetia meets in the capital Tskhinvali. The parliament building was built in 1937 as the Soviet of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast. [3]

On 10 November 1989, the Soviet of the South Ossetian AO requested the Soviet Union elevate the AO into an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics. This resulted in the "War of Laws", a period of intense legal debates between officials from the South Ossetian AO the Georgian SSR and the USSR which would turn into open warfare between Georgian and Ossetian militias and the Soviet Army near the end of 1990. [4]

During the Russo-Georgian war of 2008 the building, and its neighboring administrative complex, was shelled by artillery by the Georgian Army. After initially denying that they targeted the building, Georgian chief of staff, Zaza Gogava, issued a statement that the parliament building, and its nearby offices, were holding various South Ossetian militia's headquarters, and that the artillery hit no civilian targets. Human Rights Watch and the Red Cross both noted the incident as a potential violation of article 8 of the Rome Statute, however, if there where South Ossetian militants in the building, it would not be a war crime. [5] [6] [7]

Following the war, Parliament and the area around it, including Tskhinvali's Jewish quarter, were largely demolished and rebuilt as a new model city by Russian officials. [8]

Latest election

Parliament of South Ossetia
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  2014 9 June 2019 2024  

All 34 seats in Parliament
18 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
United Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov 34.9614−6
People's Party Amiran Diakonov 21.795+1
Nykhaz David Sanakoev 14.3740
Unity of the People Vladimir Kelekhsaev 12.963−3
HIKP Stanislav Kochiev 7.292+2
Independents 6New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Erik Pukhayev
Independent
Erik Pukhayev
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in South Ossetia on 9 June 2019. [9]

The ruling United Ossetia party lost its majority in parliament. Only three other elected members guaranteed their support if United Ossetia was to form a government, leaving it one seat short of a majority. [10]

Since 2020, three opposition parties, Nykhaz, the People's Party and Unity of the People entered a coalition. After the 2022 South Ossetian presidential election saw Nykhaz's Alan Gagloev win the Presidency, this opposition coalition becoming the governing minority government. This has resulted in gridlock and a hung parliament due to United Ossetia's opposition to the government.

List of speakers

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