Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR Верховный Совет Армянской ССР ՀԽՍՀ Գերագույն խորհուրդ
Armenian SSR (1938–1990)  Armenia (1990-1995)
Coat of arms of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Type
Type	Supreme Soviet[1]
History
Established	1938
Disbanded	1995
Preceded by	Armenian National Council
Succeeded by	National Assembly (Armenia)
Leadership
Chairman	Babken Ararktsyan (1991–1995)
Elections
Last election	1990
Meeting place
Supreme Soviet Building, Yerevan

The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR (Armenian: ՀԽՍՀ Գերագույն խորհուրդ, romanized: HKhSH Geraguyn khorhurd; Russian: Верховный Совет Армянской ССР) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (from July 1938), and the independent Republic of Armenia, from 23 August 1990 until 1995 when it was superseded by the National Assembly, with the adoption of the Armenian Constitution.

The Supreme Council was preceded by the Armenian National Council (1917-1918) and then a (legislature), before Armenia became part of the Soviet Union in 1920.^[2]

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, President of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia at the time of nation's independence in 1990
• Serzh Sargsyan
• Karapet Rubinyan
• , secretary in 1990 when he signed the Declaration of Independence of Armenia with president Ter-Petrosyan
• Samand Siabandov

References[]