The Communist Party of Armenia was a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...

 within Armenian SSR

Armenian SSR

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, and as such, the sole ruling party in Armenian SSR.

Dissulution and succession

It was dissolved in 1991, and its leadership established the Democratic Party of Armenia

Democratic Party of Armenia

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The same year, the new Communist Party of Armenia was established under the leadership of Sergey Badalyan, which considered itself the successor of the Soviet Communist Party of Armenia.

Leaders

The title of the leader of the party almost always was "First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia".

Entered office	Left office	Name	Post
December 1920	May 1921	Gevorg Sargisovich Alikhanian	First Secretary of the CC
May 1921	January 1922	Askanaz Arutyunovich Mravia	Ai General Secretary
January 1922	6 July 1927	A. Ioannisyan	First Secretary of the CC
6 July 1927	8 April 1928	Hayk A. Hovsepian	First Secretary of the CC
8 April 1928	7 May 1930	Arshakovich Kostanian	First Secretary of the CC
7 May 1930	9 July 1936	A. Khanjian	First Secretary of the CC
21 September 1936	23 September 1937	A. Amatuni	First Secretary of the CC
23 September 1937	28 November 1953	Gregory Arutin	First Secretary of the CC
28 November 1953	28 December 1960	Suren Tovmasyan	First Secretary of the CC
28 December 1960	5 February 1966	Zarobyan	First Secretary of the CC
5 February 1966	27 November 1974	Anton Kochinyan Anton Kochinyan Anton Ervandovich Kochinyan was a Soviet Armenian politician.He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1952 to 1966, and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1966 to 1974. He pleaded unsuccessfully with central government in Moscow for the unification of Karabakh with...	First Secretary of the CC
27 November 1974	21 May 1988	Karen Demirchian	First Secretary of the CC
21 May 1988	5 April 1990	Suren Harutyunyan	First Secretary of the CC
5 April 1990	30 November 1990	Vladimir Movsisyan	First Secretary of the CC
30 November 1990	May 1991	Stepan Pogosyan	First Secretary of the CC
May 1991	September 1991	Aram Sarkisian	First Secretary of the CC