- Source: 1997 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election
- Margaret Thatcher
- BTR-60
- 1997 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
- First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- 1996 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election
- Republic of Artsakh
- Robert Kocharyan
- Levon Ter-Petrosyan
- Nikol Pashinyan
- 2005 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
Early presidential elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 1 September 1997 after President Robert Kocharyan was appointed Prime Minister of Armenia. The result was a victory for independent candidate Arkadi Ghukasyan, who received 89% of the vote.