The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR ( hy, ՀԽՍՀ Գերագույն խորհուրդ, HKhSH Geraguyn khorhurd; russian: Верховный Совет Армянской ССР) was the

supreme soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) ...

(main legislative institution) of the

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

(from July 1938), and the independent

Republic of Armenia A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

, from 23 August 1990 until 1995 when it was superseded by the

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, with the adoption of the

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. The Supreme Council was preceded by the Armenian National Council (1917-1918) and then a Khorhurd (

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), before Armenia became part of the Soviet Union in 1920.

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)

Notable members

Members included: *

Levon Ter-Petrosyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...

, President of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia at the time of nation's independence in 1990 *

Serzh Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan ( hy, Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, ; born 30 June 1954)Of ...

Karapet Rubinyan Karapet Ruben Rubinyan () is an Armenian politician and public figure. Former Vice-President of the National Assembly of Armenia (1995-1998), former vice-mayor of Yerevan (1992-1993), former mayor of Shengavit district of Yerevan (1991-1992). M ...

Ara Sahakian ARA may refer to: Media and the arts * American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences * '' Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia * Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Acad ...

, secretary in 1990 when he signed the Declaration of Independence of Armenia with president Ter-Petrosyan *

Samand Siabandov Samand Aliyevich Siabandov (russian: Саманд Алиевич Сиабандов, ku, Semendê Elî Siyabendov; 20 November 1909 – 14 November 1989) was a Soviet writer, military officer and politician of Yezidi-Kurdish origin who was award ...

References

{{Reflist Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Government of Armenia 1938 establishments in Armenia 1995 disestablishments in Armenia Defunct unicameral legislatures

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