National Assembly building in Yerevan

Armenia

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Armenia Image File history File linksMetadata Armparlbuilding. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Armparlbuilding. ... Location Location of Yerevan in Armenia Government Country Armenia Established 782 BC Mayor Yervand Zakharyan Geographical characteristics Area  - City 227 km² Population  - City (2004)    - Density 1,226,000   5196. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Armenia. ... Politics of Armenia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...

Constitution National Assembly President of Armenia Robert Kocharian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan Defence Minister Serzh Sargsyan Political parties Elections: 2007 Administrative divisions Foreign relations Human rights See also: There have been two Presidents of Armenia since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. ... Robert Sedraki Kocharian (IPA: , Armenian: ) (born August 31, 1954) is the second president of the third republic of Armenia. ... The Prime Minister of Armenia is the most senior minister within the Armenian government, and is required by the constitution to oversee the Governments regular activities [and] coordinate the work of the Ministers. ... Andranik Margaryan (Armenian: ) (born June 12, 1951) has been Prime Minister of Armenia since May 12, 2000. ... Serzh (Azati) Sargsyan (Armenian Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, born on June 30, 1954 in Stepanakert, then part of the Azerbaijan SSR, today in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) is the Defense Minister of Armenia. ... This article lists political parties in Armenia. ... Elections in Armenia gives information on election and election results in Armenia. ... Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. ... Armenias foreign relationships vary from strong (with countries like Russia or Lebanon) to bitter (with countries like Turkey and Azerbaijan). ... Although human rights in Armenia are better than in some former Soviet republics and have drawn closer to acceptable standards, especially economically, there are still several considerable problems. ... Politics of Nagorno Karabakh

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The Azgayin Zhoghov of Armenia (Armenian: Ազգային Ժողով; English: National Assembly) is the official name of the legislative branch of the government of Armenia. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ...

The National Assembly is a unicameral body. It comprises 131 members, elected for four-year terms: 56 members in single-seat constituencies and 75 by proportional representation. The proportional-representation seats in the National Assembly are assigned on a party-list basis amongst those parties that receive at least 5% of the total of the number of the votes. Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ...

The Republican Party of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցութուն, Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun, HHK) is a liberal political party in Armenia. ... Justice (Armenian: Ardartyun) is a political party in Armenia. ... The Rule of Law (Orinants Erkir) is a centrist political party in Armenia, led by Artur Baghdasarian. ... The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) (Armenian: Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutiun Dashnaktsutiun, Dashnak, or Tashnak) is an Armenian political party founded in Georgia in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian. ... National Unity is a political party in Armenia. ... The United Labour Party is a political party in Armenia. ... The Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia is a liberal political party in Armenia. ... The Mighty Fatherland (Hzor Hayrenik) is a nationalist political party in Armenia. ... The Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar Azdagan) is a nationalist political party in Armenia. ... The Dignity, Democracy, Motherland is a nationalist political party in Armenia. ... The Union of Industrialists and Women is a political party in Armenia. ... The Armenian Communist Party (Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun) is a communist political party in Armenia. ... The Peoples Party of Armenia (Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun) is a left-wing socialist political party in Armenia. ... The Law and Unity (Iravunk ev Miabanutiun) is a conservative political party in Armenia. ... The All Armenian Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Armenia. ... The Republic is a conservative political party in Armenia. ...

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• National Assembly of the Republic Armenia