Prime Minister of Armenia

Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
Coat of Arms of the Republic of Armenia
Incumbent Hovik Abrahamyan since 13 April 2014
Residence	Yerevan, Armenia
Appointer	Serzh Sargsyan, as President of Armenia
Inaugural holder	Vazgen Manukyan
Formation	25 September 1991

The Prime Minister of Armenia is the most senior minister within the Armenian government, and is required by the constitution to "oversee the Government's regular activities and coordinate the work of the Ministers." The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Armenia, but can be removed by a vote of no confidence in parliament. The office of President is generally considered to be more powerful than the office of Prime Minister.

The office of Prime Minister was first established in 1918 with the foundation of the First Republic of Armenia. It vanished when the First Republic of Armenia was incorporated into the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. When Armenia regained its independence, the office of Prime Minister was reintroduced.

List of Heads of Government of Armenia (1918–present)

First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)

Prime Ministers

• Hovhannes Katchaznouni (30 June 1918 – 28 May 1919) (in Tbilisi, Georgia until 19 July 1918)
• Alexander Khatisyan (28 May 1919 – 5 May 1920)
• Hamo Ohanjanyan (5 May 1920 – 25 November 1920)
• Simon Vratsyan (25 November 1920 – 2 December 1920)

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars

• Sargis Lukashin (21 May 1922 – 24 June 1925)
• Sarkis Ambartsumyan (24 June 1925 – 22 March 1928) (1st time)
• Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan (22 March 1928 – 10 February 1935)
• Abram Guloyan (10 February 1935 – February 1937)
• Sarkis Ambartsumyan (March 1937 – May 1937) (2nd time)
• Stepan Akopyan (May 1937 – 21 September 1937)
• Aram Piruzyan (23 November 1937 – October 1943)
• Agasi Sarkisyan (October 1943 – 1946)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

• Agasi Sarkisyan (1946 – 29 March 1947)
• Sahak Karapetyan (29 March 1947 – November 1952)
• Anton Kochinyan (20 November 1952 – 5 February 1966)
• Badal Muradyan (5 February 1966 – 21 November 1972)
• Grigory Arzumanyan (21 November 1972 – 28 November 1976)
• G.A. Martirosyan (28 November 1976 – 17 January 1977) (acting)
• Fadey Sargsyan (17 January 1977 – 16 January 1989)
• Vladimir Markaryants (16 January 1989 – 13 August 1990)
• Vazgen Manukyan (13 August 1990 – 25 September 1991)

Republic of Armenia (1991–present)

Prime Ministers

№	Name (Born-Died)	Image	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Vazgen Manukyan (1946-)		25 September 1991	22 November 1991	National Democratic Union
2	Gagik Harutyunyan (1948-)		22 November 1991	30 July 1992	(None)
3	Khosrov Harutyunyan (1948-)		30 July 1992	2 February 1993	(None)
4	Hrant Bagratyan (1948-)		2 February 1993	4 November 1996	Pan-Armenian National Movement
5	Armen Sargsyan (1953-)		4 November 1996	20 March 1997	(None)
6	Robert Kocharyan (1954-)		20 March 1997	10 April 1998	(None)
7	Armen Darbinyan (1965-)		10 April 1998	11 June 1999	(None)
8	Vazgen Sargsyan (1959-1999)		11 June 1999	27 October 1999^[α]	Republican Party
9	Aram Sargsyan (1961-)		3 November 1999	2 May 2000	Republican Party
10	Andranik Margaryan (1951-)		12 May 2000	25 March 2007^[β]	Republican Party
11	Serzh Sargsyan (1954-)		26 March 2007	7 April 2008	Republican Party
12	Paruyr Hayrikyan (1949-)		7 April 2008	9 April 2008	Union for National Self Determination
13	Tigran Sargsyan (1960-)		9 April 2008	13 April 2014	Republican Party
12	Hovik Abrahamyan (1958-)		13 April 2014	Incumbent	Republican Party

Notes

     α.   ^{^} Assassinated while in office in the 1999 Armenian parliament shooting.

     β.   ^{^} Died of heart attack while in office.

External links

• Historical Overview – Former Prime Ministers – The Government of the Republic of Armenia