Hovik Abrahamyan
| Hovik Abrahamyan | |
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| Prime Minister of Armenia | |
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In office 13 April 2014 – 13 September 2016 |
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| President | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Preceded by | Tigran Sargsyan |
| Succeeded by | Karen Karapetyan |
| Speaker of the National Assembly | |
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In office 31 May 2012 – 13 April 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Samvel Nikoyan |
| Succeeded by | Galust Sahakyan |
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In office 28 September 2008 – 21 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Hrayr Karapetyan (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Samvel Nikoyan |
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Hovik Argami Abrahamyan 24 January 1958 Mkhchyan, Armenia, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Alma mater | Yerevan Institute of National Economy |
Hovik Argami Abrahamyan (Armenian: Հովիկ Արգամի Աբրահամյան; born 24 January 1958) is an Armenian politician. A former member of the ruling Republican Party, he was the Prime Minister of Armenia from 13 April 2014 to 8 September 2016. Previously he was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia.
Abrahamyan, born in Mkhchyan village in Armenia's Ararat Province, began his professional career in 1990 as the department head of the Burastan Brandy Factory and later as the president of Artashat wine-brandy factory. In 1995 he became a member of the Armenian parliament. He became Mayor of Artashat in 1996, and the governor of Ararat Province in 1998.
Under President Robert Kocharyan's administration, in 2002 he was appointed Minister of the Territorial Administration (which oversees regional government structures), serving until 2008 when he resigned in order to be appointed in April 2008 by the newly elected President Serzh Sargsyan as head of his presidential staff. In August 2008 he was re-elected in an uncontested election (in a seat vacated by the resignation of Abrahamian's older brother, Henrikto) to the National Assembly (fourth convocation), and in September 2008 he was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia. He resigned as speaker in November 2011 and was re-elected to the National Assembly on May 6, 2012 as a member of the Republican Party of Armenia. He opposed his predecessor's asset declaration draft law that would have required Armenian politicians and senior public officials to declare their business holdings and business interests.
He was appointed as Prime Minister in April 2014 following the resignation of Tigran Sargsyan for officially unknown reasons (though the controversial pension reform law caused widespread criticism). Abrahamyan was nominated for the role of prime minister by President Serzh Sargsyan calling him a "very effective new prime minister." He was congratulated by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
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