Vahagn Khachaturyan

Vahagn Garniki Khachaturyan (Armenian: Վահագն Գառնիկի Խաչատուրյան; born 26 July 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]

Vahagn Khachaturyan
Վահագն Խաչատուրյան
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 byDavit Sahakyan
Mayor of Yerevan
In office
4 December 1992 – 22 February 1996
Preceded byHambardzum Galstyan
Succeeded byAshot Mirzoyan
Personal details
Born (1959-07-26) 26 July 1959
Sisian, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Armenian National Congress (2013–2017)
Spouse(s)Anahit Minasyan

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]

Personal life

Vahagn Khachaturyan was born in 1959 in Sisian. He graduated from the Yerevan Institute of National Economy in 1980, with the qualification of economist.

Political career

From 1982 to 1989, he worked in “HrazdanMash” (Hrazdan Instrumental Production) Enterprise. From 1989 to 1992 he was the deputy general director of “Mars” Factory. From 1990 to 1996 he was a member of the Yerevan City Council, then from 1992 to 1996 he served as the mayor of Yerevan. He was a deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia from 1995 to 1999. From 1996 to 1998 he was an adviser to President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan. In 2002- Vice President of the Center for Political Science, Law, and Economic Research. He was appointed Minister of High-Tech Industry in August 2021.

Presidency

Following the resignation of President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian in January 2022, the ruling Civil Contract Party nominated Khachaturyan for the presidency.[7] He was elected president by the Armenian parliament in the second round of voting.[8] He was inaugurated on 13 March 2022.[9]

Membership
  • 2000: Founding member of the ARMAT Center for Democracy and Civil Society Development
  • 2006: Founding member of the social and political initiatives “Aylyntrank”
  • 2019–2021: Member of the Board of the Armeconombank

References
  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".
  7. Ghazanchyan, Siranush (2 February 2022). "Vahagn Khachaturyan officially nominated for President of Armenia". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. "Vahagn Khachaturyan elected President of Armenia". armenpress.am. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. "President-elect Vahagn Khachaturyan to be inaugurated in 10 days". Armenpress. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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