Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Appearance
Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | |
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Արցախի հանրապետության վարչապետ (Armenian) | |
Status | Abolished |
Residence | Stepanakert |
Appointer | President of Artsakh |
Formation | 8 January 1992 |
First holder | Oleg Yesayan |
Final holder | Arayik Harutyunyan |
Abolished | 7 September 2017 |
The prime minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was the head of government of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic between 1992 and 2017.
The position of prime minister was established in 1992, and was appointed by the head of state—the president. In a constitutional referendum held in 2017, citizens voted in favour of transforming Artsakh into a presidential system and the office of prime minister was abolished. The president become both the head of state and the head of government.[1][2]
This is a list of the prime ministers of the Republic of Artsakh.
List of prime ministers (1992–2017)
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | Oleg Yesayan (born 1946) | 8 January 1992 | August 1992 | 6 months | Independent | |
2 | Robert Kocharyan (born 1954) | August 1992 | 29 December 1994 | 2 years, 4 months | Independent | |
3 | Leonard Petrosyan (1952–1999) | December 1994 | June 1998 | 3 years, 6 months | Independent | |
4 | Zhirayr Poghosyan (born 1942) | June 1998 | 24 June 1999 | 1 year | Independent | |
5 | Anushavan Danielyan (born 1954) | 30 June 1999 | 12 September 2007 | 8 years, 74 days | Independent | |
6 | Arayik Harutyunyan (born 1973) | 14 September 2007 | 7 September 2017 | 9 years, 358 days | Free Motherland |
See also
References
- ^ (in Armenian) «Մտադիր եմ շարունակել ծառայել հայրենիքին». Արցախի վարչապետի պաշտոնակատար Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine 1in.am, 13 September 2017
- ^ Referendum to create 'Republic of Artsakh' on Europe's fringe Archived 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine EU Observer, 20 February 2017