Armenien Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Yerevan
geographische Koordinaten: 40 10 N, 44 30 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 21 September (1991)

Konstitution

adopted by nationwide referendum 5 Juli 1995; amendments adopted through a nationwide referendum 27 November 2005

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Serzh SARGSIAN (seit dem 9 April 2008)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Tigran SARGSIAN (seit dem 9 April 2008)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 19 February 2008 (next to be held February 2013); prime minister appointed by the president based on majority or plurality support in parliament; the prime minister and Council of Ministers must resign if the National Assembly refuses to accept their program
election results: Serzh SARGSIAN elected president; percent of vote - Serzh SARGSIAN 52.9%, Levon TER-PETROSSIAN 21.5%, Artur BAGHDASARIAN 16.7%