President of the National Assembly of Armenia
President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia | |
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Appointer | Elected by National Assembly |
Term length | coincides with the term of the assembly |
Inaugural holder | Avetik Sahakyan |
Formation | 1 August 1918 |
Website | http://parliament.am |
CIS Member State, CoE Member State |
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The President of the National Assembly of Armenia (Armenian: Ազգային ժողովի նախագահ, Azgayin zhoghovi naxagah) is the Speaker of the House in the Parliament of Armenia. The incumbent speaker is Ara Babloyan, since May 18, 2017.
Predecessors of the National Assembly of Armenia were the Parliament (August 1918 – December 1920), the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1990) and the Supreme Council of Armenia (1990–1995).
List of Speakers
- Political Party
ARF PANM Rule of Law Republican
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Speakers of the Parliament of the First Republic of Armenia
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||
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Took Office | Left Office | |||||
style="background:Template:Armenian Revolutionary Federation/meta/color; color:white;" |1 | Avetik Sahakyan
(1863–1933) |
1 August 1918 | 1 August 1919 | ARF | ||
style="background:Template:Armenian Revolutionary Federation/meta/color; color:white;" |2 | Avetis Aharonyan
(1866–1948) |
1 August 1919 | 4 November 1920 | ARF | ||
style="background:Template:Armenian Revolutionary Federation/meta/color; color:white;" |3 | Hovhannes Kajaznuni
(1868–1938) |
4 November 1920 | 2 December 1920 | ARF |
Republic of Armenia (1991–present)
Chairmen of the Supreme Council
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
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Took Office | Left Office | ||||
style="background:Template:Pan-Armenian National Movement/meta/color; color:white;" |1 | Levon Ter-Petrosyan
(born 1946) |
4 August 1990 | 11 November 1991 | PANM | |
style="background:Template:Pan-Armenian National Movement/meta/color; color:white;" |2 | Babken Ararktsyan
(born 1944) |
24 December 1991 | 27 July 1995 | PANM |
President of the National Assembly of Armenia
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
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Took Office | Left Office | ||||
style="background:Template:Pan-Armenian National Movement/meta/color; color:white;" |1 | Babken Ararktsyan
(born 1944) |
27 July 1995 | 4 February 1998 | PANM | |
2 | Khosrov Harutyunyan
(born 1948) |
4 February 1998 | 11 June 1999 | Independent | |
3 | Karen Demirchyan
(1932 - 1999) |
11 June 1999 | 27 October 1999 | Independent | |
4 | Armen Khachatryan
(born 1957) |
2 November 1999 | 12 June 2003 | Independent | |
style="background:Template:Rule of Law (Armenia)/meta/color; color:white;" |5 | Artur Baghdasaryan
(born 1968) |
12 June 2003 | 1 June 2006 | Rule of Law | |
style="background:Template:Republican Party of Armenia/meta/color; color:white;" |6 | Tigran Torosyan
(born 1956) |
1 June 2006 | 26 September 2008 | Republican | |
style="background:Template:Republican Party of Armenia/meta/color; color:white;" |7 | Hrayr Karapetyan (acting)
(born 1963) |
26 September 2008 | 29 September 2008 | Republican | |
style="background:Template:Republican Party of Armenia/meta/color; color:white;" |8 | Hovik Abrahamyan
(born 1956) |
29 September 2008 | 21 November 2011 | Republican | |
style="background:Template:Republican Party of Armenia/meta/color; color:white;" |9 | Samvel Nikoyan
(born 1958) |
6 December 2011 | 31 May 2012 | Republican | |
style="background:Template:Republican Party of Armenia/meta/color; color:white;" |10 | Hovik Abrahamyan
(born 1956) |
31 May 2012 | 13 April 2014 | Republican | |
style="background:Template:Republican Party of Armenia/meta/color; color:white;" |11 | Galust Sahakyan
(born 1948) |
29 April 2014 | 18 May 2017 | Republican | |
style="background:Template:Republican Party of Armenia/meta/color; color:white;" |12 | Ara Babloyan
(born 1947) |
18 May 2017 | Republican |