Nikol Pashinyan

About Nikol Pashinyan

Following his election as Armenia's 20th Prime Minister in May 2018, he rose to prominence as a politician. As the president of the Armenian National Congress opposition party, he played a key role in the 2018 Armenian revolution.

Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan is an Armenian politician serving as Prime Minister of Armenia since 8 May 2018. A prominent journalist and editor, Pashinyan first founded his own newspaper in 1998 which was shut down a year later. He was sentenced for one year for defamation against then Minister of National Security Serzh Sargsyan. He edited the newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak from 1999 to 2012. Sympathetic to Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, he was highly critical of second president Robert Kocharyan, Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan, and their allied oligarchs. Pashinyan led a minor opposition party in the 2007 parliamentary election, garnering 1.3% of the vote. He was an outspoken supporter of Ter-Petrosyan, when the latter made a political comeback prior to the 2008 presidential election. Ter-Petrosyan was defeated by Serzh Sargsyan in an election marred with widespread vote fraud and violence.

Political party	Civil Contract
Born	June 01, 1975, Ijevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Children	4
Education	Yerevan State University (no degree)
Preceded by	Karen Karapetyan
President	Armen Sarkissian
Other political affiliations	My Step Alliance, Way Out Alliance, Armenian National Congress, Impeachment Union
Spouse(s)	Anna Hakobyan

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Trivia

He became leader of the Way Out Alliance in May 2017 before eventually leading the 2018 Armenian Revolution. He spent one year in hiding between 2008-2009 for acts meant to spark revolution in Armenia. 

Nikol Pashinyan before fame

He rose to fame in his native Armenia as the editor of the country's foremost liberal newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak. In 1999, he was promoted to editor.

Achievement of Nikol Pashinyan

In May 2017, he became the leader of the Way Out Alliance, and in 2018, he led the Armenian Revolution. Between 2008 and 2009, he spent a year in hiding for acts intended to incite revolution in Armenia.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Nikol Pashinyan family life

He has four children with his wife Anna.

Associations of Nikol Pashinyan

He helped lead to the resignation of former Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan through his country's 2018 revolution.

Nikol Pashinyan Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	75 kg
Height	178 cm
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Salt & Pepper (Semi-bald)