Post: | President of the National Assembly |
Body: | the Republic of Armenia |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Armenia.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Armenia |
Incumbent: | Alen Simonyan |
Incumbentsince: | 2 August 2021 |
Appointer: | Elected by National Assembly |
Formation: | 1 August 1918 |
Inaugural: | Avetik Sahakyan |
Website: | http://parliament.am |
Termlength: | coincides with the term of the assembly |
Native Name: | ՀՀ Ազգային ժողովի նախագահ |
The president of the National Assembly of Armenia (hy|Ազգային ժողովի նախագահ|translit=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]
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).
Speakers of the Parliament of the First Republic of Armenia
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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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 |
Chairmen of the Supreme Council of Armenia
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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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 |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | ||||
1 | Babken Ararktsyan (1944–2023) | 27 July 1995 | 4 February 1998 | PANM | |
2 | 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 | |
6 | 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 | |
12 | Ararat Mirzoyan (born 1979) | 14 January 2019 | 2 August 2021 | Civil Contract | |
12 | Alen Simonyan (born 1980) | 2 August 2021 | Incumbent | Civil Contract | |