2022 in Armenia

Events of the year 2022 in Armenia.

Incumbents

• President: Armen Sarkissian (until 1 February), Alen Simonyan (from 1 February to 13 March, acting President), Vahagn Khachaturyan (from 13 March)
• Prime Minister: Nikol Pashinyan
• Speaker: Alen Simonyan

Events

Ongoing

• COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia

January

• 1 January – Armenia lifts its embargo on Turkey.
• 11 January – 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis: Three Armenian soldiers and one Azerbaijani soldier are killed in a shootout at the border town of Verin Shorzha, Gegharkunik Province.
• 14 January – The first meeting of the normalization process of Armenia–Turkey relations was held in Moscow, Russia.
• 23 January – President Armen Sarkissian resigned, replaced by Alen Simonyan as acting president.

February

• 4–20 February – 6 athletes from Armenia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
• 24 February – The second meeting of the normalization process of Armenia–Turkey relations was held in Vienna, Austria.

March

• 13 March – Vahagn Khachaturyan is sworn in as President of Armenia.

April

• 25 April – Start of protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

May

• 3 May – The third meeting of the normalization process of Armenia–Turkey relations was held in Vienna, Austria.

June

• 19 June – The protests came to an end after the opposition failed to achieve popular support.

July

• 10 July – International Biology Olympiad held in Yerevan between 10–18 July.

August

• 14 August – 2022 Yerevan explosion.

September

• 5 September – Starmus Festival held in Yerevan.
• 12–14 September – September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes

October

• 20 October – The European Union Monitoring Capacity to Armenia begins operations.
• 21 October – The OSCE Needs Assessment Team in Armenia begins operations.

December

• 11 December – The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was held in Yerevan at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, and was won by French singer Lissandro.
• 12 December – Start of a blockade in Artsakh.
• 20 December – The EU Planning Assistance Team in Armenia becomes active.

Deaths

January

• 11 January – Razmik Davoyan, Armenian poet (born 1940).
• 24 January – Vachik Mangassarian, Armenian actor (born 1943), complications from COVID-19.

February

• 4 February – Arthur Grigoryan, Armenian composer (born 1958).

See also

• History of Armenia
• List of Armenia-related topics
• Outline of Armenia

References

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