| Hauptstadt | Name: Yerevan geographische Koordinaten: 40 10 N, 44 30 E Zeitunterschied: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: name likely derives from the ancient Urartian fortress of Erebuni established on the current site of Yerevan in 782 B.C. and whose impresive ruins still survive |
| Unabhängigkeit | 21 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: 321 B.C. (Kingdom of Armenia established under the Orontid Dynasty), A.D. 884 (Armenian Kingdom reestablished under the Bagratid Dynasty); 1198 (Cilician Kingdom established); 28 Mai 1918 (Democratic Republic of Armenia declared) |
| Nationalfeiertag | Unabhängigkeit, 21 September (1991) |
| Konstitution | history: previous 1915, 1978; latest adopted 5 Juli 1995 amendments: proposed by the president of the republic or by the National Assembly; passage requires approval by the president, by the National Assembly, and by a referendum with at least 25% registered voter participation and more than 50% of votes; constitutional articles on the form of government and democratic procedures are not amendable; amended 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015 (2017) note: a 2015 amendment, approved in Dezember 2015 by a public referendum and effective for the 2017-18 electoral cycle, changes the government type from the current semi-presidential system to a parliamentary system |
| Wahlrecht | 18 Jahre; universal |
| Exekutive | Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Armen SARKISSIAN (seit dem 9 April 2018) Regierungschef: Prime Minister Nikol PASHINYAN (seit dem 8 May 2018); Deputy Prime Ministers Mher GRIGORYAN and Tigran AVINYAN (seit dem 16 January 2019) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister elections/appointments: president indirectly elected by the National Assembly in 3 rounds if needed for a single 7-year term; election last held on 2 March 2018; prime minister elected by majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by the National Assembly; election last held on 14 January 2019 election results: Armen SARKISSIAN elected president in first round; note - Armen SARKISSIAN ran unopposed and won the Assembly vote 90-10; Nikol PASHINYAN was chosen as prime minister by the parliament automatically after his party won a landslide victory in the December 2018 elections note: After initially winning election on 8 May 2018, Nikol PASHINYAN resigned his post (but stayed on as acting prime minister) on 16 October 2018 to force a snap election (held on 9 December 2018) in which his bloc won more than 70% of the vote; PASHINYAN was reappointed prime minister on 14 January 2019 |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
