Vahagn Garniki Khachaturyan (Armenian: Վահագն Գառնիկի Խաչատուրյան, pronounced [vɑˈhɑɡən χɑt͡ʃʰɑtuɾˈjɑn]; born 22 April 1959) is an Armenian politician who is the 5th and current president of Armenia.

[4] He led the ANC list in the 2013 Yerevan City Council election,[5] and is currently an independent.

He graduated from the Yerevan Institute of National Economy in 1980, with the qualification of economist.

After fulfilling his national service, he carried out for the next decade pedagogical activities at the Yerevan Institute, working for the first eight years at the HrazdanMash (Hrazdan Instrumental Production) Enterprise as an economist and then at the Mars Factory as the deputy general director until 1992.

In 2002-Vice President of the Center for Political Science, Law, and Economic Research.