National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia of the 8th convocation | |||||||||
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Parties in the National Assembly | |||||||||
Overview | |||||||||
Legislative body | National Assembly | ||||||||
Jurisdiction | ![]() | ||||||||
Meeting place | National Assembly Building, Baghramyan 19, Yerevan | ||||||||
Term | 1 August 2021 – | ||||||||
Government | Civil Contract (71) | ||||||||
Opposition | Armenia Alliance (29) I Have Honor Alliance (6) | ||||||||
Website | parliament.am | ||||||||
Members | 107 | ||||||||
President | Alen Simonyan, Civil Contract | ||||||||
Vice Presidents | Ruben Rubinyan, Civil Contract Hakob Arshakyan, Civil Contract | ||||||||
Party control | Civil Contract majority | ||||||||
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The eighth National Assembly of Armenia was elected at the 2021 Armenian parliamentary election. [1] [2] The President of the National Assembly of Armenia of the session is Alen Simonyan. [3]
This list contains all 107 elected MPs. [4]
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