List of directors from Zalpa

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Zalpa elects one Vardanan director in Class 1 elections. Five individuals have represented the Commonwealth of Zalpa since 1985 and the Constitution of the Third Republic came into effect. Two directors from Zalpa have served as First Secretary of State, the most of any province. A limit of three terms was instituted by the provincial government in 1999. Its current director Lucine Argutian succeeded David Mardas on 20 July 2017, she was re-elected in 2021.

List of directors

Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Term of office Tenure Party Electoral mandate Secretariat
Christos Sartzetakis (1989) cropped.jpg Hapet Kirakosian
Հապետ Կիրակոսիան
(1926–1997)
18 July 1985 20 July 1989 4 years, 2 days Hravart 1985 None
One Vardana Davtyan
Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg Samuel Heliz
Σαμuελ Ηελιζ
Սամuել Հելիզ
(1933–2010)
20 July 1989 19 July 2001 11 years, 364 days Radical Party 1989
1993
1997
None
Heliz
None
Heliz
Agajanian
Kataroyan
President Salome Zourabichvili (cropped).jpg Elena Devetzi
Ελενα Δεβετζι
(born 1947)
19 July 2001 2 September 2011 10 years, 50 days Republican Spirit 2001
2005
2009
Bartev
Devetzi
Barkhudar
Tigran Sargsyan.jpg Bizan Mardas
Δαβιδ Μαρδασ
Դավիդ Մարդաս
(born 1970)
7 November 2011 20 July 2017 5 years, 255 days Republican Spirit 20121
2013
Lucine Argutian.jpg Lucine Argutian
Լuսինե Արգuտիան
(born 1987)
20 July 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 154 days Radical Party 2017
2021

1 David Mardas was appointed by the Directory of Zalpa following a vacancy, and retained his seat in a 2012 special election.

List of living former directors from Zalpa

As of 2020 there are four living former directors from Zalpa:

See also