Armen Sarkissian

4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors of Eurasia House, physicist, diplomat, politician · Armenia · On the map · Politicians · Born 1953 · age 73

Armen Vardani Sarkissian is an Armenian politician, physicist, investor, businessman, and computer scientist who was the 4th president of Armenia from 2018 to 2022. He also was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1996 to 1997. He was the first president of post-Soviet Armenia born in the former Armenian SSR.

Armen Sarkissian is read about 160 times a day, in 68 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 14 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2021“Moreover, nobody gave us independence. We tried, we fought, and we achieved.”In their words21 September 2021"Address on Armenia's Independence Day"Read the whole statement

“Education opens the way to a new life and a new world. Be brave and confident.”In their words1 September 2021"Congratulations on the Knowledge and Schooling Day"Read the whole statement

Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IXAward2020“I insist that we live in Armenia mixing the imagination and the reality. And this is one of the main reasons. We say ‘we have a good army’, but we do not in reality.”In their words25 November 2020"Interview with "News" program of the Public Television"Read the whole statement

2019“If you can find Newton in 1,000 and Einstein in 10,000, imagine how many talented people can you find in hundreds of millions?”In their words"Armen Sarkissian: ‘The moment you stop learning, you die’" in Financial Times (2019)Read the whole statement

2018Named President of ArmeniaOffice9 April 2018 to 1 February 2022Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward2017Order For Merit to the Fatherland - 1st degreeAward1998Named Ambassador of Armenia to the United KingdomOffice1 January 1998 to 8 April 20181997Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the GreatAward1996Named Prime Minister of ArmeniaOffice4 November 1996 to 20 March 19971953Born23 June 1953