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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