Masis Samveli Mayilyan (Armenian: Մասիս Սամվելի Մայիլյան; born 14 September 1967) is a politician, diplomat and former presidential candidate who previously worked in the Republic of Artsakh.

[1] Mayilyan was born on 14 September 1967 in Stepanakert, the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, then a part of the Azerbaijani SSR.

[4] He participated in 2020 Artsakhian general election as a presidential candidate and was endorsed by New Artsakh Alliance[5][6] and Samvel Babayan's United Motherland party.

[8] However, he made an announcement urging the people of Artsakh not to participate in the second round of elections in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

[12] On 1 December 2020, in the aftermath of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, President Harutyunyan announced that a national unity government would be formed and a number of cabinet officials would be replaced.