This is a list of leaders of Armenia from 1918 to the present. It includes leaders of the short-lived First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920), Soviet Armenia (1920–1991), and the post-Soviet government.
Leaders of Armenia (1918–present) First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) Prime Minister of Armenia PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office 1 Hovhannes Kajaznuni 30 June 1918 28 May 1919 ARF 2 Alexander Khatisian 28 May 1919 5 May 1920 ARF 3 Hamo Ohanjanyan 5 May 1920 25 November 1920 ARF 4 Simon Vratsian 25 November 1920 2 December 1920 ARF Armenia was part of the Soviet Union from 1920 to 1991 (see below)
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1991); part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) Leaders of the Communist Party of Armenia The title of the leader of the party almost always was "First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia". PictureNameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyFirst Secretary1Gevorg Alikhanyan(1897–1938)December 1920May 1921CPAGeneral Secretary2Askanaz Mravyan(1885–1929)May 1921January 1922CPSUFirst Secretary3Ashot Hovhannisyan(1887–1972)January 19226 July 1927CPSU4Hayk Ovsepyan(1891–1937)6 July 19278 April 1928CPSU5Haykaz Kostanyan(1897–1938)8 April 19287 May 1930CPSU6Aghasi Khanjian(1901–1936)7 May 19309 July 1936CPSU7Amatuni Amatuni(1900–1938)21 September 193623 September 1937CPSU8Grigory Arutinov(1900–1957)23 September 193728 November 1953CPSU9Suren Tovmasyan(1909–1980)28 November 195328 December 1960CPSU10Yakov Zarobyan(1908–1980)28 December 19605 February 1966CPSU11Anton Kochinyan(1913–1990)5 February 196627 November 1974CPSU12Karen Demirchyan(1932–1999)27 November 197421 May 1988CPSU13Suren Harutyunyan(1939–2019)21 May 19885 April 1990CPSU14Vladimir Movsisyan(1934–2014)5 April 199030 November 1990CPSU15Stepan Pogosyan(1932–2012)30 November 199014 May 1991CPSU16Aram Sargsyan(1949–)14 May 19917 September 1991CPSU
Armenia (1991–present) Chairman of the Supreme Council of Armenia PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft office1Levon Ter-Petrosyan(born 1945)4 August 199011 November 1991PANM
Presidents of Armenia No. Name(Born) Picture Elected Took office Left office Party 1 Levon Ter-Petrosyan(1945–) 19911996 11 November 1991 3 February 1998 Pan-Armenian National Movement 2 Robert Kocharyan(1954–) 19982003 9 April 1998 9 April 2008 Independent 3 Serzh Sargsyan(1954–) 20082013 9 April 2008 9 April 2018 Republican Party 4 Armen Sarkissian(1952–) 2018 9 April 2018 1 February 2022 Independent — Alen Simonyan(1980–) — 1 February 2022 13 March 2022 Civil Contract 5 Vahagn Khachaturyan(1959–) 2022 13 March 2022 Incumbent Independent
Timeline This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the leaders of Armenia. They are listed in order of first assuming office.
The following chart lists leaders by lifespan (living leaders on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige.
The following chart shows leaders by their age (living leaders in green), with the years of their tenure in blue. The vertical black line at 35 years indicates the minimum age to be president.
See also
Politics of Armenia
References
Further reading
External links The Government of Armenia President of Armenia