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The President of the National Assembly of Armenia (Armenian: Ազգային ժողովի նախագահ, romanized: Azgayin zhoghovi naxagah) is the speaker of the house in the Parliament of Armenia. The incumbent speaker is Alen Simonyan, since 2 August 2021.[1]
| President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia | |
|---|---|
| ՀՀ Ազգային ժողովի նախագահ | |
 | |
| 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 |
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 edit
- Political party
ARF PANM Rule of Law Republican Civil Contract
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) edit
Speakers of the Parliament of the First Republic of Armenia
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| 1 | Serop Zakaryan (Unknown) |
30 June 1918 | 1 August 1918 | ARF | ||
| 2 | 
|
Avetik Sahakyan (1863–1933) |
1 August 1918 | 1 August 1919 | ARF | |
| 3 | 
|
Avetis Aharonian (1866–1948) |
1 August 1919 | 4 November 1920 | ARF | |
| 4 | 
|
Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868–1938) |
4 November 1920 | 2 December 1920 | ARF | |
Armenia (1991–present) edit
Chairmen of the Supreme Council of Armenia
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Levon Ter-Petrosyan (born 1946) |
4 August 1990 | 11 November 1991 | PANM |
| 2 | 
|
Babken Ararktsyan (1944–2023) |
24 December 1991 | 27 July 1995 | PANM |
President of the National Assembly of Armenia
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||
| 1 |
|
Babken Ararktsyan (1944–2023) |
27 July 1995 | 4 February 1998 | PANM |
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|
Khosrov Harutyunyan (born 1949) |
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 |
| 5 | 
|
Artur Baghdasaryan (born 1969) |
12 June 2003 | 1 June 2006 | Rule of Law |
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|
Tigran Torosyan (born 1957) |
1 June 2006 | 26 September 2008 | Republican |
| — |
|
Hrayr Karapetyan (acting) (born 1964) |
26 September 2008 | 29 September 2008 | ARF |
| 7 | 
|
Hovik Abrahamyan
(born 1959) |
29 September 2008 | 21 November 2011 | Republican |
| 8 |
|
Samvel Nikoyan
(born 1957) |
6 December 2011 | 31 May 2012 | Republican |
| 9 |
|
Hovik Abrahamyan (born 1959) |
31 May 2012 | 13 April 2014 | Republican |
| 10 | 
|
Galust Sahakyan (1949–2022) |
29 April 2014 | 18 May 2017 | Republican |
| 11 | Ara Babloyan (born 1947) |
18 May 2017 | 14 January 2019 | Republican | |
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|
Ararat Mirzoyan (born 1979) |
14 January 2019 | 2 August 2021 | Civil Contract |
| 12 | 
|
Alen Simonyan (born 1980) |
2 August 2021 | Incumbent | Civil Contract |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (2 August 2021). "Alen Simonyan elected President of the National Assembly". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 10 September 2021.