Karen Karapetyan

Karen Karapetyan
Կարեն Կարապետյան
Karapetyan in 2018
14th Prime Minister of Armenia
In office 23 April 2018 – 8 May 2018 Acting
President	Armen Sarkissian
Preceded by	Serzh Sargsyan
Succeeded by	Nikol Pashinyan
In office 13 September 2016 – 17 April 2018 Acting: 9 April 2018 – 17 April 2018
President	Serzh Sargsyan Armen Sarkissian
Preceded by	Hovik Abrahamyan
Succeeded by	Serzh Sargsyan
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia
In office 18 April 2018 – 8 May 2018
Prime Minister	Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Ararat Mirzoyan
Mayor of Yerevan
In office 17 December 2010 – 15 November 2011
Preceded by	Gagik Beglaryan
Succeeded by	Taron Margaryan
Personal details
Born	(1964-08-14) 14 August 1964 (age 59) Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh AO, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Children	3
Alma mater	Yerevan State University

Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan (Armenian: Կարեն Վիլհելմի Կարապետյան; born 14 August 1963^[1]) is an Armenian politician who was Prime Minister of Armenia from September 2016 until April 2018. He was previously Mayor of Yerevan, the capital, from 2010 to 2011. He was appointed prime minister by President Serzh Sargsyan on 13 September 2016 and held office until 9 April 2018. Karapetyan served as first deputy prime minister from 17 April to 23 April 2018, when he was appointed acting prime minister following the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan.^[2] He held this position until the election of Nikol Pashinyan as prime minister on 8 May 2018.