President of Armenia

President of the Republic of Armenia
Coat of Arms of the Republic of Armenia
Incumbent Serzh Sargsyan since 9 April 2008
Residence	Yerevan, Armenia
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Levon Ter-Petrossian
Formation	11 November 1991
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President of Armenia is the title of the head of state of Armenia since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Leaders of Armenia since 1918

Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)

Chairman of the National Council

• Avetis Aharonyan (30 May - 1 August 1918)

Chairman of the Council of Armenia

• Avetik Sahakyan (1 August 1918 - 5 August 1919)

Chairman of Parliament

• Avetis Aharonyan (5 August 1919 - 2 December 1920)

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922-1936) and Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991)

First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Armenia

• Gevork Alikhanyan (December 1920 - April 1921)
• Sergey Lukashin (April 1921 - 29 April 1922)
• Askanaz Mravyan (29 April 1922 - March 1923)
• Ashot Hovhannisyan (March 1923 - July 1927)
• Haik Osepyan (July 1927 - April 1928)
• Aykaz Kostanyan (April 1928 - 7 May 1930)
• Aghasi Khanjian (7 May 1930 - 9 July 1936)
• Amatuni Vartapetyan (13 July 1936 - 21 September 1937)
• Grigory Arutyunov (24 September 1937 - November 1953)
• Suren Tovmasyan (November 1953 - 28 December 1960)
• Yakov Zarobyan (28 December 1960 - 5 February 1966)
• Anton Kochinyan (5 February 1966 - 27 November 1974)
• Karen Demirchyan (27 November 1974 - 21 May 1988)
• Suren Arutyunyan (21 May 1988 - 6 April 1990)
• Vladimir Movsisyan (6 April - 30 November 1990)
• Stepan Pogosyan (30 November 1990 - 14 May 1991)
• Aram Sargsyan (14 May - 7 September 1991)

Chairman of the Supreme Council

#	Name	Photo	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Levon Ter-Petrossian		4 August 1990	11 November 1991	Pan-Armenian National Movement

Republic of Armenia (1991-Present)

Presidents

#	Name	Photo	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Levon Ter-Petrossian		11 November 1991	3 February 1998	Pan-Armenian National Movement
2	Robert Kocharyan		4 February 1998	9 April 2008	(None)
3	Serzh Sargsyan		9 April 2008	Incumbent	Republican Party

Latest election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Serzh Sargsyan	Republican Party of Armenia	862,369	52.82%
Levon Ter-Petrossian		351,222	21.50%
Artur Baghdasarian	Rule of Law	272,427	17.70%
Vahan Hovhannisian	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	100,966	6.20%
Vazgen Manukyan	National Democratic Union	21,075	1.30%
Tigran Karapetyan	People's Party	9,792	0.60%
Artashes Geghamian	National Unity	7,524	0.46%
Arman Melikian		4,399	0.27%
Aram Harutyunyan	National Conciliation Party	2,892	0.17%
Total		1,632,666	100.00%
Source: defacto.am

References

• Rulers of Armenia

External links

• The Government of the Republic of Armenia
• President of Armenia