The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, later renamed as the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia, was the

Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet () was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). These soviets were modeled after the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, establ ...

of the

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ArSSR), also known as Soviet Armenia, or simply Armenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Soviet Armenia ...

and later the independent

Republic of Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Ir ...

. It was superseded by the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

in 1995 when Armenia adopted the Armenian Constitution. The Supreme Council was preceded by the Armenian National Council (1917–1918) and then a Khorhurd (

legislature A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial power ...

), before Armenia became part of the Soviet Union in 1920.

Convocations

*1st convocation (1938–1946) *2nd convocation (1947–1950) *3rd convocation (1951–1954) *4th convocation (1955–1959) *5th convocation (1959–1962) *6th convocation (1963–1966) *7th convocation (1967–1970) *8th convocation (1971–1974) *9th convocation (1975–1979) *10th convocation (1980–1984) *11th convocation (1985–1989) *12th convocation (1990–1995)

Notable members

Members included: Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet Pin

Levon Ter-Petrosyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan (; born 9 January 1946), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998. A senior researcher at the Matena ...

, President of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia at the time of nation's independence in 1990 *

Serzh Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan (, ; born 30 June 1954)Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan

Karapet Rubinyan Karapet Ruben Rubinyan () is an Armenian politician and public figure. Former Vice-President of the National Assembly of Armenia (1995-1998), former vice-mayor of Yerevan (1992-1993), former mayor of Shengavit district of Yerevan (1991-1992). M ...

* Ara Sahakian, secretary in 1990 when he signed the Declaration of Independence of Armenia with president Ter-Petrosyan *

Samand Siabandov Samand Aliyevich Siabandov (, ; 20 November 1909 – 14 November 1989) was a Soviet writer, military officer and politician of Kurdish origin who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the Soviet war against Nazi Germany. Siabando ...

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{{Reflist 1938 establishments in Armenia 1995 disestablishments in Armenia Government of the Soviet Union Government of Armenia Politics of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Defunct unicameral legislatures

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...