Arayik Harutyunyan served as elected Prime Minister of Artsakh before the country's system was transformed into a presidential one in 2017, which abolished the office of the Prime Minister.
In 2007, he was appointed Prime Minister by then-President Bako Sahakyan. After 2017 constitutional referendum, Artsakh was transformed from semi-presidential system into a presidential system and the office of the Prime Minister was abolished. Arayik Harutyunyan 6th Prime Minister of Artsakh 
