• Source: 2021 in Armenia

      • This is a list of individuals and events related to Armenia in 2021.


      Incumbents


      President: Armen Sarkissian
      Prime Minister: Nikol Pashinyan
      Speaker: Ararat Mirzoyan (until 2 August), Alen Simonyan (from 2 August)


      Events




      = Ongoing

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      COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia


      = January

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      18 January – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Armenia has returned all Azeri prisoners who were captured during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
      20 January – The Ministry of Health says that Armenia plans to buy COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca for 3% of the country's population.
      22 January – The Armenian parliament installs Gagik Jahangirian and Davit Khachaturian in the Supreme Judicial Council, after being nominated to fill two vacant seats by the My Step Alliance.


      = February

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      25 February – Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warns of an attempted military coup against him after the army demands that he and his government resign.


      = March

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      5 March – Armenia forcedly to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 due to lack of attention of Athena Manoukian to participate.


      = April

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      24 April – US President Joe Biden officially recognized the Armenian genocide.
      25 April – Nikol Pashinyan announced his formal resignation to allow snap elections to be held in June, although he remained as acting prime minister in the leadup to the elections.


      = June

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      20 June – 2021 Armenian parliamentary election: Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan wins the country's snap election, with his Civil Contract party gaining 54% of the vote.


      = July

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      23 July-8 August – 17 athletes from Armenia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan


      = September

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      21 September – Armenia celebrated its 30th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.


      = December

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      19 December – Maléna wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Qami Qami".


      Predicted and scheduled events


      2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J
      25 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Liechtenstein v. Armenia
      28 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Iceland
      31 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Romania
      2 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: North Macedonia v. Armenia
      5 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Germany v. Armenia
      8 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Liechtenstein
      8 October – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Iceland v. Armenia
      11 October – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Romania v. Armenia
      11 November – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. North Macedonia
      14 November – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Germany


      Deaths


      31 March – Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, military leader (b. 1939)
      6 July – Djivan Gasparyan, musician and composer (b. 1928)
      29 September – Hayko, singer and songwriter (b. 1973)


      See also


      Outline of Armenia
      Index of Armenia-related articles
      List of Armenia-related topics
      History of Armenia


      References




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