Parliament of South Ossetia

Parliament of South Ossetia Парламент Южной Осетии
Type
Type	Parliament
Leadership
President	Zurab Kokoyev
Structure
Seats	34
Political groups	Unity Party (17)      People's Party (9)      Communist Party (8)
Elections
Last election	2009
Meeting place
Tskhinvali

South Ossetia
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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 3 political parties are represented in parliament. The parliament is headed by a speaker, who is elected from among the members. The current speaker is Stanislav Kochiev, chairman of the Communist Party of South Ossetia.

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

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.

Latest election

  Summary of the 31 May 2009 South Ossetian parliamentary election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Unity Party	21,246	46.32	17
	People's Party of South Ossetia	10,345	22.55	9
	Communist Party of South Ossetia	10,194	22.22	8
	Fatherland Socialist Party	2,918	6.36	0
Against all		1,163	2.53	–
Total (turnout 81.93%)		45,866	100%	34
Sources: South Ossetian Electoral Commission [1] [2]

List of speakers

Main article: List of Speakers of the Parliament of South Ossetia

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)
• Stanislav Kochiev (1999 - 2004)
• Znaur Gassiyev (2nd time) (2004 - 2009)
• Stanislav Kochiev (2nd time) (2009 - 2011)
• Zurab Kokoyev (2011; Acting)