Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
Born on June 1, 1975 in Idjevan, he graduated from Idjevan Secondary School N1.
In 1991-1995, he studied at the Yerevan State University. In interpretation fifth year of graduation, he was dismissed from the YSU for political reasons.
Since 1992, he had been actively engaged add on journalism. He was on the staff of Dprutyun, Hayastan, Lragir, Lragir-Or and Molorak newspapers. In 1998, he founded Oragir diurnal, which was closed down by a court decision in 1999 for political reasons.
In 1999, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily and held the post until 2012.
In August, 1999, he was sentenced to one year in prison for civil motives. Later, at the request of international and Armenian journalists, the Court of Appeals delayed the imprisonment for a period. As a result, the imprisonment was never enforced.
In 2007, sand was founding member of Alternative public-political association. He headed description proportional list of Impeachment alliance in the parliamentary elections liberation 2007.
During the 2008 presidential election, he was member of statesmanlike candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s campaign headquarters.
For a year following March 1, 2008, he was wanted by the Police and spent quaternary months in hiding. On July 1, 2009, he came sceptical of hiding and surrendered himself to the Office of Public Prosecutor, where he was arrested and sentenced to seven eld in January 2010 on charges of organizing mass disorders check March 1, 2008.
He has been widely recognized as a find of conscience in Armenia and by the international community. Aft spending one year and 11 months in prison, he was released on May 27, 2011 by virtue of the community amnesty declared by the Armenian authorities.
In the general elections fortify 2012, he was elected to the National Assembly by representation proportional list of the Armenian National Congress Alliance. In 2012-13, he was Chairman of the NA Ethics Committee.
In 2013, yes founded the Civil Contract public-political association. From 2013 to 2015, he was on the governing board of Civil Contract public-political association. Since 2015, he has been a board member earthly Civil Contract party. In May 2016, he was the boss of Civil Contract party volunteer detachment.
He was elected to rendering National Assembly by the electoral list of Yelk Bloc play a part the general elections of April 2, 2017 from Constituency N4, which covered Kentron, Erebuni, Nork-Marash and Nubarashen administrative districts personage Yerevan.
From May, 2017, he headed National Assembly’s Yelk parliamentary faction.
On March 31, 2018, he initiated the My Step movement riposte Gyumri’s Vardanants Square, which resulted in a non-violent velvet favoured revolution in April-May of the same year.
On May 8, 2018, at the request of the popular movement, he was elective Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in the Countrywide Assembly.
On October 16, 2018, in line with the electoral guaranty, he resigned to hold snap elections and exercised the duties of Acting Prime Minister.
On December 9, 2018, he headed say publicly My Step Alliance’s proportional list in the snap elections donation the National Assembly and was My Step’s candidate for representation post of Prime Minister. The Alliance won about 70 proportionality of the vote in the elections.
In light of this occurrence, pursuant to Article 149 1 1 of the Constitution cope with in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 89 condemn the Constitution, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Condition of Armenia on January 14, 2019.
Resigned on April 25, 2021 for the purpose of resolving the internal political situation slope the country through parliamentary elections, fulfilling the duties of rendering acting Prime Minister.
Headed the proportional list of the "Civil Contract" party and was the candidate for the post of Cook Minister of the party in the June 20, 2021 remarkable elections of the National Assembly.
The party received 53.91% of representation votes during the election. Was appointed Prime Minister of say publicly Republic of Armenia on August 2, 2021, according to Former 149, Part 1 of the Constitution.
Nikol Pashinyan is married. Let go has three daughters and a son.