Prime Minister of Armenia

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The Prime Minister of Armenia is the most senior minister within the Armenian government, and is required by the constitution to "oversee the Government's regular activities and coordinate the work of the Ministers." The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Armenia, but can be removed by a vote of no confidence in parliament. The office of president is generally considered to be more powerful than the office of Prime Minister.

The office of Prime Minister was first established in 1918 with the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Armenia. It vanished when Democratic Republic of Armenia was incorporated into the Soviet Union. When Armenia regained its independence, the office of Prime Minister was reintroduced.

If Prime Ministers from both before and after the Soviet annexation are included, there have been fourteen Prime Ministers of Armenia.

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Hovhannes Katchaznouni	30 May 1918	28 May 1919	Armenian Revolutionary Federation
2	Alexander Khatisyan	28 May 1919	5 May 1920	Armenian Revolutionary Federation
3	Hamo Ohanjanyan	5 May 1920	25 November 1920	Armenian Revolutionary Federation
4	Simon Vratzian	25 November 1920	2 December 1920	Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Position Abolished
5	Vazgen Manukyan	13 August 1990	22 November 1991	National Democratic Union
6	Gagik Harutyunyan	22 November 1991	30 July 1992	(None)
7	Khosrow Arutyunyan	30 July 1992	2 February 1993	(None)
8	Hrant Bagratyan	2 February 1993	4 November 1996	Pan-Armenian National Movement
9	Armen Sargsyan	4 November 1996	20 March 1997	(None)
10	Robert Kocharyan	20 March 1997	10 April 1998	(None)
11	Armen Darbinyan	10 April 1998	11 June 1999	(None)
12	Vazgen Sargsyan	11 June 1999	27 October 1999^[α]	Republican Party
13	Aram Sargsyan	3 November 1999	2 May 2000	Republican Party
14	Andranik Margaryan	12 May 2000	25 March 2007^[β]	Republican Party
15	Serzh Sargsyan	26 March 2007	present	Republican Party