2021 in Armenia

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

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2021 List of years in Armenia

Incumbents

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

Events

Ongoing

• COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia

January

• 18 January – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Armenia has returned all Azeri prisoners who were captured during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.^[1]

• 20 January – The Ministry of Health says that Armenia plans to buy COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca for 3% of the country's population.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

February

• 25 February – Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warns of an attempted military coup against him after the army demands that he and his government resign.^[4][5]

March

• 5 March – Armenia forcedly to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 due to lack of attention of Athena Manoukian to participate.^[6][7][8]

April

• 24 April – US President Joe Biden officially recognized the Armenian genocide.^[9]
• 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.^[10]

June

• 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.^[11]

July

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

September

• 21 September – Armenia celebrated its 30th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.^[12]

December

• 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^[13]
  • 28 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Iceland^[13]
  • 31 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Romania^[13]
  • 2 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: North Macedonia v. Armenia^[13]
  • 5 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Germany v. Armenia^[13]
  • 8 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Liechtenstein^[13]
  • 8 October – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Iceland v. Armenia^[13]
  • 11 October – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Romania v. Armenia^[13]
  • 11 November – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. North Macedonia^[13]
  • 14 November – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Germany^[13]

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

Notes

Citations

1. Balmforth, Tom; Hovhannisyan, Nvard (18 January 2021). Steve, Orlofsky (ed.). "Russia says all Azeri captives returned under Karabakh deal". Reuters. from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
2. Hovhannisyan, Nvard (20 January 2021). Evans, Catherine (ed.). "Armenia says to buy AstraZeneca vaccine for 3% of population". Reuters. from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. "Armenian Parliament Approves New Members To Judicial Watchdog Amid Opposition Vote Boycott". Radio Free Europe. 22 January 2021. from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
4. Hovhannisyan, Nvard; Rodionov, Maxim; Antonov, Dmitry; Balmforth, Tom (25 February 2021). Osborn, Andrew; Heritage, Timothy (eds.). "Thousands rally in Armenia after PM warns of coup attempt". Reuters. from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
5. Neuman, Scott (25 February 2021). "Armenia's Prime Minister Calls On Supporters To Rally Against A Possible Coup". NPR. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
6. ռ/կ, Ազատություն (5 March 2021). "Հայաստանն այս տարի չի մասնակցի "Եվրատեսիլ" երգի մրցույթին". Radio Free Europe Armenia (in Armenian). from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
7. "Հայաստանը չի մասնակցի "Եվրատեսիլ 2021"–ին. Առաջին ալիքի պարզաբանումը". Tert.am (in Armenian). 5 March 2021. from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
8. "Armenia withdraws from Eurovision Song Contest 2021". Eurovision Song Contest. 5 March 2021. from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
9. Arakelian, Chris (24 April 2021). "Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day". The White House. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
10. "Armenian PM Pashinyan resigns to trigger snap election". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
11. "Armenia election: PM Nikol Pashinyan wins post-war poll". BBC. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
12. Tootikian, Vahan (21 September 2021). "Hail to the Third Republic of Armenia on its 30th anniversary". The Armenian Weekly. from the original on 22 September 2021.
13. Dumitru, Silviu (8 December 2020). "CM 2022, preliminarii: România va debuta acasă împotriva Macedoniei de Nord / Programul complet al Grupei J - Fotbal". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.