The Residence of the President of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության նախագահի նստավայր; ''Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun Nakhagahi Nstavayr'') is located at 26/1

Baghramyan Avenue Marshal Baghramyan Avenue ( hy, Մարշալ Բաղրամյան Պողոտա) is an avenue in the central Kentron and the northwestern Arabkir districts of Yerevan, Armenia. The avenue is named after the Soviet Armenian commander and Marshal of ...

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 ...

History

The building was designed by

Mark Grigorian Mark Grigorian ( hy, Մարկ Գրիգորյան, russian: Марк Владимирович Григорян; April 29, 1900 – January 10, 1978) was a Soviet Armenian neoclassical architect. Life Born in Nakhichevan-on-Don, southern Russia, Gr ...

as the premises for the

Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

and completed in 1951. It served as the residence of the president of Armenia from 11 November 1991 until 9 April 2018, when Armenia was officially turned into

parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democracy, democratic government, governance of a sovereign state, state (or subordinate entity) where the Executive (government), executive derives its democratic legitimacy ...

republic, and the building became the official residence of the prime minister. The president's residence was moved to

Mashtots Avenue Mashtots Avenue ( hy, Մաշտոցի Պողոտա ''Mashtots'i Poghota''), known as Lenin Avenue until 1990, is an avenue in the central Kentron district of Yerevan, Armenia. The avenue starts with the Victory Bridge at the south and ends up wit ...

. On 8 November 2018, the Armenian government approved an initiative to relocate the prime minister's residence to Government House 1 and reallocate the building on Baghramyan Avenue 26 again as the president's residence.

Public access

Since 2018, the Honour Guard of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia has performed guard duty at the residence. The gates to the residence are usually open to visitors on weekends and for a couple hours on weekdays.

Interior

Sections of the palace on Baghramyan Avenue 26/1 as they were used before reallocation of the building to the president: *The Entrance Hall, which links the old and new parts of the building, contains cabinets where souvenirs given to the leader of Armenia upon visiting foreign dignitaries are on display. *The Green Chamber is a meeting room where the

President of Armenia The president of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Նախագահ, Hayastani Nakhagah) is the head of state and the guarantor of independence and territorial integrity of Armenia elected to a single seven-year term by the National Assembly of Arme ...

meets top officials of his country, foreign ministers, Speakers of Parliament and foreign ambassadors. *The Circular Chamber is the place where ambassadors to Armenia are accredited by the President. *The Gilded Chamber is where the President of Armenia holds meetings with foreign heads of state. *The Grand Hall is used by the President of Armenia to host official receptions, official dinners, award ceremonies and press conferences. *The Small Hall is used for meetings with high level foreign dignitaries. *The Blue Room is used for meetings chaired by the President. Joint press conferences when the President of Armenia has a foreign guest are also held here. *The Meeting Room is used by the President for negotiations conducted in the framework of visits by foreign dignitaries. *The Fireplace Chamber and the White Room are used for meetings. *The Conference Hall of the new building. *The Meeting Room of the new building. *The Small Conference Room of the new building. *The President's Office. Adjacent to the original building is a newer part of the Palace. It contains a Conference Room, a Meeting Room and the President's office.

References

{{Yerevan landmarks Official residences in Armenia Buildings and structures in Yerevan Presidential residences Residential buildings completed in 1985