Armenian PM finalises executive committee list for country's ruling party

On August 12, 2025, Armenian Prime Minister and Civil Contract party leader Nikol Pashinyan finalised the list of members for the party’s executive committee.

According to Caliber.Az, citing sources from the newspaper Zhokhovurd, the new leadership lineup includes, alongside Pashinyan himself, a number of key figures.

Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan, Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure David Khudadyan, Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan, Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Araik Harutyunyan, Interim Manager of Armenia’s Electricity Network Romanos Petrosyan, Deputy Speaker Ruben Rubinyan, HDAP faction leader Hayk Khondjoryan, and Members of Parliament Vahagn Aleksanyan, Asmik Hakobyan, Alkhas Ghazaryan, Sona Ghazaryan, and Arusyak Manavazyan are on the list.

Also included are Press Secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan and Tavush Governor Hayk Galumyan.

Elections for the board of directors of the HDC are set to take place on September 20.

By Tamilla Hasanova