Parliament of South Ossetia

The Parliament of South Ossetia is the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia. Members are elected using a system of Party-list proportional representation. South Ossetia has a multi-party system, and currently 4 political parties are represented in parliament. The parliament is headed by a speaker, who is elected from among the members. The current speaker is Pyotr Gassiev, member of parliament for United Ossetia.

The building of the Parliament of South Ossetia, heavily damaged in the August 2008 war.

Parliament of South Ossetia Парламент Южной Осетии
Type
Type	Parliament
Leadership
President	Alan Tadtaev, United Ossetia since 20 June 2019
Structure
Seats	34
Political groups	United Ossetia (14)   People's Party (5)   Nykhaz (4)   Unity of the People (3)   Communist Party (1)   Independents (7)
Elections
Last election	2014
Meeting place
Tskhinvali
Website
www.parliamentrso.org

The parliament of South Ossetia meets in the capital Tskhinvali. The parliament building, built in 1937, was heavily damaged in the 2008 South Ossetia war.[1]

Latest election

 Summary of the 9 June 2019 South Ossetian parliamentary election results

Parties		Leader	Votes	%	FPTP seats	Party-list seats	Total seats	+/–
	United Ossetia	Anatoly Bibilov	7,778	34.96	7	7	14	-6
	People's Party of South Ossetia	Alexander Pliev	4,849	21.80	1	4	5	+1
	Nykhaz	Ruslan Gagloyev	3,198	14.37	1	3	4	0
	Unity of the People	Vladimir Kelekhsaev	2,883	12.96	1	2	3	-3
	Communist Party of South Ossetia	Stanislav Kochiev	1,622	7.29	0	1	1	+1
	Socialist Party "Fatherland"	Vyacheslav Gobozov	711	3.20	0	0	0	0
	Unity Party	Zurab Kokoyev	630	2.83	0	0	0	0
	Independents	-			7	0	7	+7
Against all			578	2.6	–
Invalid				–
Total				100%	17	17	34	0
Registered voters / turnout			~31,000	~66	–
Sources: [2][3]

List of speakers

Until 27 November 1996, the speaker (or "chairman") of the parliament was also Head of State.

• Torez Kulumbegov (10 October 1990 – 4 May 1991)
• Znaur Gassiyev (4 May 1991 – 9 September 1992)
• Torez Kulumbegov (9 September 1992 – 17 September 1993)
• Lyudvig Chibirov (17 September 1993 – 27 November 1996)
• Kosta Georgievich Dzugaev (1996 – 1999)[4]
• Stanislav Kochiev (1999 – 2004)
• Znaur Gassiyev (2nd time) (2004 – 9 June 2009)
• Stanislav Kochiev (2nd time) (9 June 2009 – 5 October 2011)
• Zurab Kokoyev (5 October 2011 – 2 July 2012; acting)
• Stanislav Kochiev (3rd time) (2 July 2012 – 23 June 2014)[5]
• Anatoly Bibilov (23 June 2014 – 21 April 2017)[6][7][8]
• Inal Mamiev (21 April 2017 - 7 June 2017)
• Pyotr Gassiev (7 June 2017 – present)

References

1. "Dozens of Unique Historical And Cultural Monuments Were Obliterated and Demolished On the Territory of the Republic of South Ossetia". OSRadio. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
2. http://cikruo.ru/2019/06/10/predvaritelyne-itogi-golosovaniya-po-vboram-deputatov-parlamenta-respubliki-yuzhnaya-osetiya-na-10-iyunya-2019-goda/
3. https://oc-media.org/ruling-party-loses-majority-in-south-ossetian-parliament/
4. (in Russian) Labyrinth.ru: Profile of Kosta G. Dzugaev
5. (in Russian) Communist Party of South Ossetia: Communist Stanislav Kochiev again chairs the Parliament of South Ossetia
6. (in Russian) IA "Res": Congrations received by the Speaker of Parliament of South Ossetia
7. Fuller, Liz (March 12, 2016). "Signing Of Russia-South Ossetia Treaty On Hold". Radio Free Europe. Parliament speaker Anatoly Bibilov, whose Yedinaya Osetiya (One Ossetia) party controls 20 seats in the 34 parliament elected in June 2014, advocated a far closer degree of “integration” with Russia than de facto President Leonid Tibilov and other political parties were apparently prepared to condone.
8. Tskhinvali Closes Administrative Boundary Ahead Presidential Inauguration Thea Morrison, GeorgiaToday 20 April 2017