title: 2021 in Armenia
text: # 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
  
  * 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.
  * 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
  
  * 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
  
  * 5 March – Armenia forcedly to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 due to lack of attention of Athena Manoukian to participate.
  
  ### April
  
  * 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
  
  * 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
  
  * 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.
  
  ### 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
     * 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)
  