Supreme Council of Armenia

Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia Հայկական ՍՍՀ Գերագույն խորհուրդ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Գերագույն խորհուրդ (Armenian) Верховный Совет Армянской ССР Верховный Совет Республики Армения (Russian)
Armenian SSR (1938–1990) Armenia (1990–1995)
Coat of arms before (left) and after (right) the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Type
Type	Supreme Soviet [1]
History
Established	1938
Disbanded	1995
Preceded by	Armenian National Council
Succeeded by	National Assembly
Leadership
Chairman	Babken Ararktsyan (1991–1995)
Elections
Last election	1990

The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, ^{[a] [b]} later renamed as the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia, ^[c] 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 It was superseded by the National Assembly in 1995 when Armenia adopted the Armenian Constitution.

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)

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR

• Matsak Papyan (1938-1954)
• Shmavon Arushanyan (1954-1963)
• Nagush Arutyunyan (1963-1975)
• Babken Sarkisov (1975-1985)
• Grant Voskanyan (1985-1990)

Notable members

Members included:

Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet Pin

• 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

1. Armenian: Հայկական ՍՍՀ Գերագույն խորհուրդ, romanized: Haykakan SSH Geraguyn khorhurd
   Russian: Верховный Совет Армянской ССР, romanized: Verkhovnyy Sovet Armyanskoy SSR
2. Sometimes translated as Supreme Council of the Armenian SSR
3. Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Գերագույն խորհուրդ, romanized: Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan Geraguyn khorhurd
   Russian: Верховный Совет Республики Армения, romanized: Verkhovnyy Sovet Respubliki Armeniya

References

1. Rubber stamp parliament until July 1990
2. "03498". Archived from the original on 2006-07-10.