Nikol Pashinyan is present and 16th Prime Minister of The Country Armenia since 8 May 2018
Date of Birth: 1 June 1975
Birth Place: Ijevan, Armenian SSR, in the northeastern province of Tavush, Soviet Union
Preceded by: Karen Karapetyan
Party: Civil Contract
Family: Anna Hakobyan(Spouse), Four Childrens, Vova Pashinyan(Father 1940-2020), Svetlana(Mother), Yerjanik(Step Mother), 2 Elder Brothers
About: Nikol Pashinyan grandparents was from the village of Yenokavan, he was named after his paternal grandfather who died in World War II. He served in the 554th Rifle Regiment of the 138th Rifle Division and died in 1943. His father, Vova Pashinyan worked as a football and volleyball coach and as a physical education teacher. He graduated from the Ijevan Secondary School N1 in 1991. In 2018, Pashinyan claimed to have organized students strikes, marches and demonstrations during the Karabakh movement of 1988. He did not serve in the Armenian Army because his two elder brothers served before him. Pashinyan studied journalism at Yerevan State University (YSU) from 1991 to 1995. He was expelled from the university before graduating for his political activities, although Yerevan State University released a statement that Pashinyan had been expelled due to absences. In a 2015 interview Pashinyan stated that he considers himself more of a journalist because journalism brought him into politics.
