Karen Karapetyan | |
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Կարեն Կարապետյան | |
14th Prime Minister of Armenia | |
In office 23 April 2018 – 8 May 2018 Acting | |
President | Armen Sarkissian |
Preceded by | Serzh Sargsyan |
Succeeded by | Nikol Pashinyan |
In office 13 September 2016 – 17 April 2018 Acting: 9 April 2018 – 17 April 2018 | |
President | Serzh Sargsyan Armen Sarkissian |
Preceded by | Hovik Abrahamyan |
Succeeded by | Serzh Sargsyan |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia | |
In office 18 April 2018 – 8 May 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Serzh Sargsyan |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Ararat Mirzoyan |
Mayor of Yerevan | |
In office 17 December 2010 – 15 November 2011 | |
Preceded by | Gagik Beglaryan |
Succeeded by | Taron Margaryan |
Personal details | |
Born | Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh AO, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | 14 August 1964
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan (Armenian: Կարեն Վիլհելմի Կարապետյան; born 14 August 1963[1]) is an Armenian politician who was Prime Minister of Armenia from September 2016 until April 2018. He was previously Mayor of Yerevan, the capital, from 2010 to 2011. He was appointed prime minister by President Serzh Sargsyan on 13 September 2016 and held office until 9 April 2018. Karapetyan served as first deputy prime minister from 17 April to 23 April 2018, when he was appointed acting prime minister following the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan.[2] He held this position until the election of Nikol Pashinyan as prime minister on 8 May 2018.