Ruben Rubinyan is sole candidate nominated for Speaker of Armenia's Parliament

Ruben Rubinyan, a lawmaker from the Civil Contract faction, is the sole candidate nominated for the post of Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Report informs via Armenpress.

The ruling Civil Contract party's 36-year-old candidate previously served as one of the deputy speakers of the National Assembly and, until recently, was the special envoy for negotiations on the normalization of relations with Türkiye.

The nomination was presented earlier today at the first session of the 9th convocation of Armenia's National Assembly, chaired by Knyaz Hasanov.

During the session, the parliament's three factions elected their leaders and secretaries. Arusyak Manavazyan was elected head of the Civil Contract faction, while Volodya Akopyan was chosen as its secretary. Narek Karapetyan will lead the Strong Armenia faction, with Tigran Abrahamyan serving as secretary. Anna Grigoryan was elected head of the Armenia faction, and Artur Khachatryan was appointed its secretary.

The 9th convocation of Armenia's National Assembly consists of 64 deputies from the Civil Contract faction, 29 from the Strong Armenia faction, and 12 from the Armenia faction.