Parliament of South Ossetia Парламент Южной Осетии Хуссар Ирыстоны Парламент
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	2019
Meeting place
Tskhinvali
Website
www.parliamentrso.org

Politics of South Ossetia
Constitution
Executive President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov Prime Minister of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoyev
Legislature Parliament of South Ossetia Chairman Alan Tadtaev Political parties
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2014 2019
Administrative divisions First level: Four Raions Second level: Towns / cities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Dmitry Medoyev International recognition Provisional Administration of South Ossetia Politics of Georgia Georgian–Ossetian conflict Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Diplomatic missions of / in South Ossetia
Other countries
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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 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

2019 South Ossetian parliamentary election

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34 seats in the Parliament 18 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– United Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov 34.96 14 -6 People's Party Roland Kelekhsayev 21.79 5 +1 Nykhaz Ruslan Gagloyev 14.37 4 0 Unity of the People Vladimir Kelekhsaev 12.96 3 -3 HIKP Stanislav Kochiev 7.29 1 +1 Independent – 7 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Erik Pukhayev Independent Erik Pukhayev Independent

Politics of South Ossetia
Constitution
Executive President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov Prime Minister of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoyev
Legislature Parliament of South Ossetia Chairman Alan Tadtaev Political parties
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2014 2019
Administrative divisions First level: Four Raions Second level: Towns / cities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Dmitry Medoyev International recognition Provisional Administration of South Ossetia Politics of Georgia Georgian–Ossetian conflict Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Diplomatic missions of / in South Ossetia
Other countries
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Parliamentary elections were held in South Ossetia on 9 June 2019.^[2]

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.^[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 – 7 June 2017)
• Pyotr Gassiev (7 June 2017 – present)

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