Type: republic
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Independence:
28
May 1918 (First Armenian Republic); 23 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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Constitution:
adopted
NA April 1978; referendum on new constitution to be held 5 July 1995
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Branches:
Executive—president
(chief of state); prime minister; cabinet appointed by the president.
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Administrative
divisions: 37
divisions (shrjanner, singular—shrjan) and 23 cities
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Suffrage:
18
years of age; universal