2012 in Armenia

Incumbents

• President: Serzh Sargsyan
• Prime Minister: Tigran Sargsyan

  Events

January

• January 23 - The French Senate passes a bill that makes it illegal for citizens to deny the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire.

  May

• May 4 - Official figures indicate that at least 144 people were injured at an Armenian government campaign event in Yerevan's central square after an explosion during a political rally.
• May 6 - Voters in Armenia go to the polls for a parliamentary election with exit polls showing the ruling Republican Party doing well.

  June

• June 5 - Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shooting dead five of its soldiers on the border of those two countries, a day after three Armenians were killed.
• June 6 - A new clash kills an Armenian soldier in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

  August

• August 31 - Armenia suspends diplomatic relations with Hungary after Ramil Safarov's extradition to Azerbaijan.