page_title: Civil Contract (Armenia)
section_title: Governing board
hierarchical_section_title: Civil Contract (Armenia) / Governing board
caption_attribution_description: Հայերեն: Civil contract (Armenia)
context_page_description: Civil Contract is a political party in Armenia which was established on July 24, 2013 as an NGO. Its governing board was formed on December 9, 2013. On May 30, 2015, it became a political party. Civil Contract participated in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election and the 2017 Yerevan City Council election as part of the Way Out Alliance. Following the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution led by Nikol Pashinyan, a new political alliance rose to prominence known as the My Step Alliance. After the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, the My Step Alliance gained a ruling majority in the National Assembly.
context_section_description: During fifth convention of the party in June 2019 acting Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures  Suren Papikyan was elected as Chairman of the 21 member strong governing board.
  Civil Contract's governing board was introduced at a December 9, 2013 Ani Plaza Hotel press conference. It was formed to organize the first party convention.
  The governing board was:
  Arsen Kharatyan, specialist in Arabic studies
  Arayik Harutyunyan, specialist in Arabic studies with a PhD in history and a Yerevan State University lecturer
  Marine Manucharyan, theologian, NGO director
  Sasun Mikayelyan, commander of the Sasun detachment, member of Yerkrapah and a former MP
  Lena Nazaryan, journalist
  Alen Simonyan, lawyer, editor-in-chief of the Ararat Media Group
  Nikol Pashinyan, former journalist, former MP, prime minister
caption: Civil Contract governing board in 2014
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