Text Box: Government                                               

 

  Type: republic

 

·        Independence: 28 May 1918 (First Armenian Republic); 23 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)  

 

·        Constitution: adopted NA April 1978; referendum on new constitution to be held 5 July 1995

 

·        Branches: Executive—president (chief of state); prime minister; cabinet appointed by the president.

 

·        Administrative divisions: 37 divisions (shrjanner, singular—shrjan) and 23 cities

 

·        Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

 

 

 

 

 
                                                                                          

President Richard Kochalian

 
 

  

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

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