2018 in Armenia
Incumbents
- President: Serzh Sargsyan (until 9 April), Armen Sarkissian (from 9 April)
- Prime Minister: Karen Karapetyan (until 9 April, acting Prime Minister from 9 April to 17 April), Serzh Sargsyan (17 April to 23 April), Karen Karapetyan (acting Prime Minister from 23 April to 8 May), Nikol Pashinyan (from 8 May)
- Speaker: Ara Babloyan
Events
=February=
- 9–25 February – 3 athletes from Armenia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite news |last=Shahbazyan |first=Lusine |date=21 January 2014 |title=Sochi 2014: Armenia's 4 Olympians are announced |url=http://sport.news.am/eng/news/35316/sochi-2014-armenias-4-olympians-are-announced.html |newspaper=News.am |accessdate=21 January 2014 }}{{cite web |url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/olympic-quotas-list.html?sectorcode=cc&listid=2018 |title=Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018 |date=12 December 2017 |website=www.data.fis-ski.com/ |publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS) |access-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051351/https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/olympic-quotas-list.html?sectorcode=CC&listid=2018 |archive-date=22 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Skier Sergey Mikaelyan wins Armenia's first 2018 Winter Olympics quota |url=https://sport.news.am/eng/news/84473/skier-sergey-mikaelyan-wins-armenias-first-2018-winter-olympics-quota.html|work=News.Am |location=Yerevan, Armenia |date=11 December 2017|access-date=16 December 2017}}
=April=
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- 17 April – Protests intensify after Serzh Sargsyan former President of Armenia is appointed Prime Minister of Armenia, in what opposition figures have described as a "power grab".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-opposition-protests-parliament-vote-sarkisian-prime-minister/29172095.html|title=Lawmakers Approve Sarkisian As Armenia's PM Despite Countrywide Protests|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en|access-date=2018-04-17}}
- 22 April – Protest leader Nikol Pashinyan is arrested by police after a short meeting with Prime Minister Sargsyan, who left after three minutes alleging he was blackmailed to resign.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43854352 |title=Armenia unrest: Protesters rally after leader detained |date=2018-04-22 |access-date=2018-04-30}}
- 23 April – Serzh Sargsyan officially resigns as Prime Minister after 11 days of protests and released Pashinyan who was detained yesterday, reportedly stating "The street movement is against my tenure. I am fulfilling your demand," and "You were right; I was wrong".{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/serzh-sargsyan-resigns-as-armenias-prime-minister-after-protests |title=Shock as Armenia's prime minister steps down after 11 days of protests |website=TheGuardian.com |date=2018-04-23 |access-date=2018-04-30}}
=May=
- 8 May – Nikol Pashinyan is elected as Prime Minister of Armenia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/europe/armenia-new-prime-minister-nikol-pashinyan-intl/index.html|title=Armenia protest leader Nikol Pashinyan elected prime minister|author=Judith Vonberg|date=May 8, 2018|website=CNN}}
- 12 May – The Pashinyan government is formed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.am/en/structure/|title=Government - Structure - The Government of the Republic of Armenia|first=Helix Consulting|last=LLC|website=www.gov.am}}
- 28 May – Celebrations of the centennial of the founding of the First Armenian Republic.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.am/en/events/ |title=Upcoming events - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia |access-date=2018-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617115726/http://www.mfa.am/en/events/ |archive-date=2018-06-17 |url-status=dead }}
=June=
- 16 June – Former Deputy Defense Minister and parliamentarian Manvel Grigoryan was arrested in Vagharshapat by the National Security Service and was charged with the possession of firearms and ammunition illegally.{{Cite web|url=https://hetq.am/en/article/90282|title=Etchmiadzin: Manvel Grigoryan and Artur Asatryan Arrested on Illegal Arms Charges|website=Hetq.am}}
=July=
- 26 July – The Special Investigative Service (SIS) arrests and charges former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan with “overthrowing constitutional order of Armenia” in response to the 2008 Armenian presidential election protests in the final weeks of his tenure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.azatutyun.am/a/29392588.html|title=Kocharian Charged Over 2008 Crackdown|website=«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան}} That same day, Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov was indicted on the same charge of disrupting constitutional order during the protests when he was the then-Commander of the Yerevan Garrison.{{cite web|url=https://eurasianet.org/s/armenian-investigators-charge-head-of-russia-led-security-bloc-with-subverting-public-order|title=Armenian investigators charge head of Russia-led security bloc with "subverting public order"|website=Eurasianet|accessdate=11 May 2019}}
= September =
- 23 September – Yerevan City Council elections were held.
=October=
- 3 October – Pashinyan fires six members of his cabinet after their respective political parties, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Tsarukyan Alliance supported a parliamentary bill which would effectively limit the role of the prime minister in calling snap elections to the National Assembly.{{Cite news|url=http://hetq.am/eng/news/93610/armenia-six-government-ministers-get-the-boot.html|title=Armenia: Six Government Ministers Get the Boot - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations|access-date=2019-05-11|language=en}}
- 16 October – Pashinyan resigns in protest of the actions taken by the two parties and promises to serve as the acting head of government until elections are held.
=November=
- 1 November – Pashinyan announces that his country will try to begin the process normalizing relations with Turkey without preconditions, saying that recognition of the Armenian genocide is a "security issue", rather than a matter of Armenian-Turkish relations.{{cite news|title=Pashinyan presents vision for normalization of relations with Turkey|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/953008.html|agency=Armenpress|date=1 November 2018}}
- 6 November – The European Party of Armenia is founded in Yerevan by filmmaker Tigran Khzmalyan{{Cite web|url=https://www.azdarar.am/announcments/org/157/00415341/|title=Հայաստանի Եվրոպական կուսակցության հիմնադիր համագումարի անցկացման ժամանակի և վայրի, ինչպես նաև կուսակցության կանոնադրության և ծրագրի նախագծերի հիմնական դրույթների մասին հայտարարություն - Հայտարարություններ - Հայաստանի Հանրապետության ինտերնետով ծանուցման պաշտոնական կայք|website=www.azdarar.am|access-date=2020-02-02}}
=December=
- 9 December – The My Step Alliance won the parliamentary elections with an overwhelming majority of the vote, resulting in the coalition winning 88 of the 132 seats in the assembly.{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/armenian-parliament-forces-new-elections/29577063.html|title=Armenia Parliament Dissolved, Early Elections Set For December|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|accessdate=2019-05-11}}
Births
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Deaths
- 28 February - Albert Mkrtchyan, People's Artist of Armenia{{Cite web|url=https://www.president.am/en/condolence/item/2018/02/28/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-sent-a-condolence-letter-to-Mkrtchyan-family/|title=President Serzh Sargsyan conveys condolences on demise of Albert Mkrtchyan - Telegrams of Condolence - Updates - The President of the Republic of Armenia|website=www.president.am}} (b. 1937)
- 1 October - Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat (b. 1924)
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