title: 2015 in Armenia
text: # 2015 in Armenia
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Armenia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Serzh Sargsyan
  * Prime Minister: Hovik Abrahamyan
  * Speaker: Galust Sahakyan
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * January 1 – Armenia joins the Eurasian Economic Union.
  * January 12 – A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, Valery Permyakov, kills six members of an Armenian family, including a two-year-old child, and, in addition, wounds a six-month-old child, in Gyumri, initiating a manhunt by the Armenian security services.
  * January 19 – A six-month-old boy dies in hospital of his wounds, becoming the seventh member of an Armenian family dead after a killing spree by a Russian soldier.
  
  ### April
  
  * April 24 – The 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide is commemorated.
  