Supreme Council of Armenia
The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR[lower-alpha 1], later renamed as the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] was the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and later the independent Republic of Armenia. It was superseded by the National Assembly in 1995 when Armenia adopted the Armenian Constitution.
Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia | |
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  Coat of arms before (left) and after (right) the dissolution of the Soviet Union | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Established | 1938 |
| Disbanded | 1995 |
| Preceded by | Armenian National Council |
| Succeeded by | National Assembly (Armenia) |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Babken Ararktsyan (1991–1995) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 1990 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Supreme Soviet Building, Yerevan | |
The Supreme Council was preceded by the Armenian National Council (1917-1918) and then a Khorhurd (legislature), before Armenia became part of the Soviet Union in 1920.[2]
Convocations
- 1st convocation (1938–1946)
- 2nd convocation (1947–1950)
- 3rd convocation (1951–1954)
- 4th convocation (1955–1959)
- 5th convocation (1959–1962)
- 6th convocation (1963–1966)
- 7th convocation (1967–1970)
- 8th convocation (1971–1974)
- 9th convocation (1975–1979)
- 10th convocation (1980–1984)
- 11th convocation (1985–1989)
- 12th convocation (1990–1995)
Notable members
Members included:
- Levon Ter-Petrosyan, President of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia at the time of nation's independence in 1990
- Serzh Sargsyan
- Karapet Rubinyan
- Ara Sahakian, secretary in 1990 when he signed the Declaration of Independence of Armenia with president Ter-Petrosyan
- Samand Siabandov
Notes
- Armenian: Հայկական ՍՍՀ Գերագույն խորհուրդ, romanized: Haykakan SSH Geraguyn khorhurd
Russian: Верховный Совет Армянской ССР, romanized: Verkhovnyy Sovet Armyanskoy SSR - Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Գերագույն խորհուրդ, romanized: Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan Geraguyn khorhurd
Russian: Верховный Совет Республики Армения, romanized: Verkhovnyy Sovet Respubliki Armeniya - Sometimes translated as Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Armenia
References
- Rubber stamp parliament until July 1990
- "03498". Archived from the original on 2006-07-10.
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