Vahagn Khachaturyan

Vahagn Khachaturyan
Վահագն Խաչատուրյան
Official portrait, 2022
5th President of Armenia
Assumed office
13 March 2022
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byAlen Simonyan (Acting)
Minister of High-Tech Industry
In office
4 August 2021 – 3 March 2022
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byHayk Chobanyan
Succeeded byRobert Khachatryan
Mayor of Yerevan
In office
4 December 1992 – 22 February 1996
Preceded byHambardzum Galstyan
Succeeded byAshot Mirzoyan
Personal details
Born (1959-04-22) 22 April 1959 (age 64)
Sisian, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Armenian National Congress (2013–2017)
SpouseAnahit Minasyan
Websitewww.vahagnhacaturyan.com

Vahagn Garniki Khachaturyan (Armenian: Վահագն Գառնիկի Խաչատուրյան, pronounced [vɑˈhɑɡən χɑt͡ʃʰɑtuɾˈjɑn]; born 22 April 1959) is an Armenian politician who is the 5th and current president of Armenia.[1] He served as Mayor of Yerevan from 1992 to 1996 and as the Minister of High-Tech Industry from 2021 to 2022.[2][3]

He was a member of the Armenian National Congress until his resignation in 2017.[4] He led the ANC list in the 2013 Yerevan City Council election,[5] and is currently an independent.[6]

  1. ^ Վահագն Գառնիկի Խաչատրյան (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan Municipality. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Former mayors of Yerevan". Yerevan Municipality Official Website. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ^ Decrees of the President of the Republic
  4. ^ "High-Tech minister addresses reports that he is ruling party's pick for presidency". armenpress.am. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ "ANC rep. Vahagn Khachatryan to run for Yerevan mayor?". PanARMENIAN.Net. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  6. ^ "National Assembly of Armenia | Official Web Site | parliament.am".

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