President of Armenia
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President of Armenia
| President of the Republic of Armenia |
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 Coat of Arms of the Republic of Armenia |
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| Residence | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Levon Ter-Petrossian |
| Formation | 11 November 1991 |
| Website | [1] |
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President of Armenia is the title of the head of state of Armenia since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Leaders of Armenia since 1918
Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)
- Chairman of the National Council
- Avetis Aharonyan (30 May - 1 August 1918)
- Chairman of the Council of Armenia
- Avetik Sahakyan (1 August 1918 - 5 August 1919)
- Chairman of Parliament
- Avetis Aharonyan (5 August 1919 - 2 December 1920)
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922-1936) and Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991)
- First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Armenia
- Gevork Alikhanyan (December 1920 - April 1921)
- Sergey Lukashin (April 1921 - 29 April 1922)
- Askanaz Mravyan (29 April 1922 - March 1923)
- Ashot Hovhannisyan (March 1923 - July 1927)
- Haik Osepyan (July 1927 - April 1928)
- Aykaz Kostanyan (April 1928 - 7 May 1930)
- Aghasi Khanjian (7 May 1930 - 9 July 1936)
- Amatuni Vartapetyan (13 July 1936 - 21 September 1937)
- Grigory Arutyunov (24 September 1937 - November 1953)
- Suren Tovmasyan (November 1953 - 28 December 1960)
- Yakov Zarobyan (28 December 1960 - 5 February 1966)
- Anton Kochinyan (5 February 1966 - 27 November 1974)
- Karen Demirchyan (27 November 1974 - 21 May 1988)
- Suren Arutyunyan (21 May 1988 - 6 April 1990)
- Vladimir Movsisyan (6 April - 30 November 1990)
- Stepan Pogosyan (30 November 1990 - 14 May 1991)
- Aram Sargsyan (14 May - 7 September 1991)
- Chairman of the Supreme Council
| # | Name | Photo | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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| 1 | Levon Ter-Petrossian |  |
4 August 1990 | 11 November 1991 | Pan-Armenian National Movement |
Republic of Armenia (1991-Present)
- Presidents
| # | Name | Photo | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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| 1 | Levon Ter-Petrossian | |
11 November 1991 | 3 February 1998 | Pan-Armenian National Movement |
| 2 | Robert Kocharyan |  |
4 February 1998 | 9 April 2008 | (None) |
| 3 | Serzh Sargsyan |  |
9 April 2008 | Incumbent | Republican Party |
Latest election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Serzh Sargsyan | Republican Party of Armenia | 862,369 | 52.82% |
| Levon Ter-Petrossian | 351,222 | 21.50% | |
| Artur Baghdasarian | Rule of Law | 272,427 | 17.70% |
| Vahan Hovhannisian | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 100,966 | 6.20% |
| Vazgen Manukyan | National Democratic Union | 21,075 | 1.30% |
| Tigran Karapetyan | People's Party | 9,792 | 0.60% |
| Artashes Geghamian | National Unity | 7,524 | 0.46% |
| Arman Melikian | 4,399 | 0.27% | |
| Aram Harutyunyan | National Conciliation Party | 2,892 | 0.17% |
| Total | 1,632,666 | 100.00% | |
| Source: defacto.am | |||
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