Events of the year 2022 in

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Armen Sarkissian Armen Vardani Sarkissian ( hy, Արմեն Վարդանի Սարգսյան; also written as Sarksyan and Sargsyan) (born 23 June 1952) is an Armenian politician, physicist and computer scientist who served as the 4th president of Armenia from 9 A ...

(until 1 February),

Alen Simonyan Alen Roberti Simonyan ( hy, Ալեն Ռոբերտի Սիմոնյան; born 5 January 1980) is an Armenian politician currently serving as the president of the National Assembly of Armenia since 2 August 2021. He served as the acting presiden ...

(from 1 February to 13 March, acting President),

Vahagn Khachaturyan Vahagn Garniki Khachaturyan ( hy, Վահագն Գառնիկի Խաչատուրյան, ; born 22 April 1959) is an Armenian politician who is the 5th and current president of Armenia. He served as Mayor of Yerevan from 1992 to 1996 and as the Mini ...

(from 13 March) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Nikol Pashinyan Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan ( hy, Նիկոլ Վովայի Փաշինյան, ; born 1 June 1975) is an Armenian politician serving as the prime minister of Armenia since 8 May 2018. A journalist by profession, Pashinyan founded his own newspaper in 1 ...

Events

Ongoing

COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia The COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Armenia on 1 March 2020 ...

January

* 1 January – Armenia lifts its embargo on

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. * 11 January –

2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis The military forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been engaged in a border conflict since 12 May 2021, when Azerbaijani soldiers crossed several kilometers into Armenia in the provinces of Syunik and Gegharkunik, occupying about of Armenian t ...

: Three Armenian soldiers and one Azerbaijani soldier are killed in a

shootout A shootout, also called a firefight or gunfight, is a fight between armed combatants using firearms. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used to describe those that do not involve military forces or only invo ...

at the border town of Verin Shorzha, Gegharkunik Province. * 23 January – President

resigned, replaced by

as acting president.

February

* 4–20 February – 6 athletes from Armenia competed at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

March

* 13 March –

is sworn in as President of Armenia.

April

* 25 April – Start of

protests A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...

demanding the resignation of Prime Minister

June

* 19 June – The protests came to an end after the opposition failed to achieve popular support.

July

* 10 July –

International Biology Olympiad The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) is a biological olympiad for pre-university students under the age 20, and is one of the most well-known International Science Olympiads. The first IBO was held in Czechoslovakia in 1990, and it has since be ...

held in Yerevan between 10–18 July.

August

* 14 August – 2022 Yerevan explosion.

September

* 5 September –

Starmus Festival The Starmus International Festival is an international gathering focused on celebrating astronomy, space exploration, music, art, and other sciences such as biology and chemistry. It was founded by Garik Israelian, an astronomer at the Institu ...

held in Yerevan. * 12–14 September –

September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes On 12 September 2022, a series of clashes erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops along the Armenia–Azerbaijan border, marking a major escalation in the current border crisis between Armenia–Azerbaijan and resulting in nearly 300 d ...

October

* 20 October – The

European Union Monitoring Capacity to Armenia The European Union Monitoring Capacity to Armenia (EUMCAP) is a European Union List of military and civilian missions of the European Union, civilian deployment in the territory of the Republic of Armenia that was agreed on 6 October 2022 and of ...

begins operations. * 21 October – The OSCE Needs Assessment Team in Armenia begins operations.

December

* 11 December – The

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 20th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place in Yerevan, Armenia on 11 December 2022, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Maléna (sin ...

was held in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

at the

Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic la ...

, and was won by French singer Lissandro. * 12 December – Start of a blockade in Artsakh. * 20 December – The

EU Planning Assistance Team in Armenia The European Union Planning Assistance Team in Armenia was a European Union initiative established to assess the potential of deploying a long-term civilian CSDP mission to Armenia. It replaced the European Union Monitoring Capacity to Armenia, ...

becomes active.

Deaths

January

* 11 January –

Razmik Davoyan Razmik Davoyan ( hy, Ռազմիկ Դավոյան; 3 July 1940 – 11 January 2022) was an Armenian poet. Life and career Davoyan was born in Mets Parni, Spitak rayon, Armenian SSR on 3 July 1940. He studied philology and history at Armenian S ...

, Armenian poet (born 1940). * 24 January – Vachik Mangassarian, Armenian actor (born 1943), complications from COVID-19.

February

* 4 February – Arthur Grigoryan, Armenian composer (born 1958).Composer Arthur Grigoryan dies aged 63
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