President of Armenia

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head of state office

The President of Armenia is the country's head of state, serving primarily ceremonial and representative functions within its parliamentary political system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Հայաստանի Հանրապետության նախագահ	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state office ⓘ
appointedBy	Parliament of Armenia ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of Armenia
branch	executive branch of Armenia ⓘ
cannotBe	member of any political party while in office ⓘ
country	Armenia ⓘ
electionMethod	indirect election by parliament ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	at least 40 years old ⓘ citizen of Armenia ⓘ resident of Armenia for preceding years as defined by constitution ⓘ
established	1991 ⓘ
establishedAfter	independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union ⓘ
firstHolder	Levon Ter-Petrosyan ⓘ
flag	Standard of the President of Armenia ⓘ
function	ceremonial ⓘ representative ⓘ
governmentSystem	parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasDuty	ensure observance of the constitution ⓘ ensure regular functioning of legislative, executive and judicial powers ⓘ serve as guarantor of independence and territorial integrity of Armenia ⓘ
hasPower	appointing some judges and officials as defined by the constitution ⓘ appointing the Prime Minister under constitutional rules ⓘ representing Armenia in international relations in a ceremonial capacity ⓘ serving as commander-in-chief in largely formal capacity ⓘ signing international treaties as defined by law ⓘ signing laws adopted by the National Assembly ⓘ vetoing laws with limited suspensive veto ⓘ
hasPowerLimitations	cannot be a member of government ⓘ must act within powers defined by constitution ⓘ
hasStyle	His Excellency ⓘ
insignia	Coat of arms of Armenia ⓘ
isPartOf	political system of Armenia ⓘ
jurisdiction	Armenia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Armenia
legalFramework	Constitution of Armenia ⓘ
nativeLanguage	hy ⓘ
nativeName	President of Armenia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության նախագահ
oathLocation	Parliament of Armenia ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of Armenia
precededBy	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR ⓘ
reportsTo	people of Armenia ⓘ
residence	Presidential Palace, Yerevan ⓘ
role	head of state of Armenia ⓘ
seat	Yerevan, Armenia ⓘ surface form: Yerevan
selectionBody	Parliament of Armenia ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of Armenia
status	largely ceremonial office ⓘ
symbolizes	continuity of statehood of Armenia ⓘ unity of the Armenian people ⓘ
termLength	7 years ⓘ
termLimits	non-renewable ⓘ
typeOfOffice	non-partisan office ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenia → headOfStateTitle → President of Armenia ⓘ

President of Armenia → nativeName → President of Armenia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության նախագահ