Levon Bagramian
New York, NY
February 26, 2008

As the Presidential Election 2008 candidates are preparing their cases to be heard in front of the Constitutional Court of Republic of Armenia, it might be helpful to learn what the membership of the court looks like. Below are the names and dates of appointment of the 9 member chamber. Note that all members are appointed for their entire tenure - more or less for life (see an earlier blog entry in this same blog category by Edgar Martirosyan discussing the details involved in CC's appointment process).

1. Gagik Haroutyunyan (Chief Justice)
Date of appointment: 1996, by the Parliament

2. Kim Balayan
Date of appointment: 2003, by the Parliament

3. Henrik Danielyan
Date of appointment: 2005, by President Kocharyan

4. Felix Toxyan
Date of appointment: 1996, most likely by President Ter-Petrosyan (alternatively, the Parliament)

5. Volodya Hovhanisyan (Vice-Chief Justice)
Date of appointment: 1996, by, probably, President Ter-Petrosyan

6. Zinavor Ghukasyan
Date of appointment: 2003, by President Kocharyan

7. Hrant Nazaryan
Date of appointment: 1996, by President Ter-Petrosyan

8. Rafael Papayan
Date of appointment: 1997, by, probably, President Ter-Petrosyan

9. Valeri Poghosyan
Date of appointment: 1996, by, probably, Ter-Petrosyan.

Source: Constitutional Court of Armenia, official website, accessed on February 25, 2008. <http://www.concourt.am/armenian/structure/members/index.htm>

In another posting, I will present a summary of two CC decisions regarding Presidential Elections of 1996, and 2003.