List of leaders of Armenia

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

Prime ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
1		Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868–1938)	30 June 1918	28 May 1919	ARF
2		Alexander Khatisian (1874–1945)	28 May 1919	5 May 1920	ARF
3		Hamo Ohanjanyan (1873–1947)	5 May 1920	25 November 1920	ARF
4		Simon Vratsian (1882–1969)	25 November 1920	2 December 1920	ARF
Armenia was part of the Soviet Union from 1920 to 1991 (see below)

(1918–1920)

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

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1922, 1936–1991)

First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Armenia

Leaders

The title of the leader of the party almost always was "First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia".^[1]

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
First Secretary
1		Gevorg Sargisovich Alikhanian (1897–1938)	December 1920	May 1921	CPA
General Secretary
2		Askanaz Mravian (1885–1929)	May 1921	January 1922	CPSU
First Secretary
3		Ashot Hovhannisyan (1887–1972)	January 1922	6 July 1927	CPSU
4		Hayk Ovsepyan (1891–1937)	6 July 1927	8 April 1928	CPSU
5		Haykaz Kostanyan (1897–1938)	8 April 1928	7 May 1930	CPSU
6		Aghasi Khanjian (1901–1936)	7 May 1930	9 July 1936	CPSU
7		Amatuni Vardapetyan (1900–1938)	21 September 1936	23 September 1937	CPSU
8		Grigory Arutinov (1900–1957)	23 September 1937	28 November 1953	CPSU
9		Suren Tovmasyan (1909–1980)	28 November 1953	28 December 1960	CPSU
10		Yakov Zarobyan (1908–1980)	28 December 1960	5 February 1966	CPSU
11		Anton Kochinyan (1913–1990)	5 February 1966	27 November 1974	CPSU
12		Karen Demirchyan (1932–1999)	27 November 1974	21 May 1988	CPSU
13		Suren Harutyunyan (1939–2019)	21 May 1988	5 April 1990	CPSU
14		Vladimir Movsisyan (1934–2014)	5 April 1990	30 November 1990	CPSU
15		Stepan Pogosyan (1932–2012)	30 November 1990	14 May 1991	CPSU
16		Aram Sargsyan (1949–)	14 May 1991	7 September 1991	CPSU

Armenia (1991–present)

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet 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

Armenia (1991–present)

President of Armenia

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Picture	Elected	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1946–)		1991 1996	11 November 1991	3 February 1998	Pan-Armenian National Movement
—	Robert Kocharyan (1954–)		—	4 February 1998	9 April 1998	Independent
2			1998 2003	9 April 1998	9 April 2008
3	Serzh Sargsyan (1954–)		2008 2013	9 April 2008	9 April 2018	Republican Party
4	Armen Sarkissian (1952–)		2018	9 April 2018	1 February 2022	Independent
—	Alen Simonyan (acting) (1980–)		—	1 February 2022	13 March 2022	Civil Contract
5	Vahagn Khachaturyan (1959–)		2022	13 March 2022	Incumbent	Independent

List of speakers

Political party

  ARF   PANM   Rule of Law   Republican   Civil Contract

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
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

See also

• Politics portal

• Politics of Armenia