Serzh Sargsyan
Serzh Azati Sargsyan (born June 30, 1954[1]) is the third President of Armenia. He won the February 2008 presidential election.[2] He took office in April 2008.[3]
Serzh Sargsyan Սերժ Սարգսյան | |
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| 11th and 15th Prime Minister of Armenia | |
| In office 17 April 2018 – 23 April 2018 | |
| President | Armen Sarkissian |
| Preceded by | Karen Karapetyan |
| Succeeded by | Karen Karapetyan (Acting) |
| In office 26 March 2007 – 9 April 2008 | |
| President | Robert Kocharyan |
| Preceded by | Andranik Margaryan |
| Succeeded by | Tigran Sargsyan |
| 3rd President of Armenia | |
| In office 9 April 2008 – 9 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Tigran Sargsyan Hovik Abrahamyan Karen Karapetyan |
| Preceded by | Robert Kocharyan |
| Succeeded by | Armen Sarkissian |
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| Born | 30 June 1954 Stepanakert, Soviet Union (now Azerbaijan) |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rita Sargsyan (m. 1983; her death 2020) |
| Children | Anush Satenik |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
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Political career
Sargsyan was in the Soviet Armed Forces from 1971 to 1972. He is the chairman of the Chess Federation of Armenia. Besides speaking Armenian, he also can speak in Russian.[4]
Even though the former Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, has the same last name, they are not related.
He became the Armenian defense minister in 1993. In 1995 he was head of Armenian state security department and minister of national security in 1996. In 1999, he became Robert Kocharyan's chief of staff, then secretary of the national security council, and defense minister. He became prime minister in 2007.[1]
On 17 April 2018, Sargsyan became Prime Minister of Armenia. Following mass-scale protests, he resigned from the office six days later on 23 April.[5] Former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan succeeded Sargsyan as acting Prime Minister.[5]
Personal life
In 1983, he married socialite Rita Sargsyan. She died in 2020 from COVID-19. They have two daughters, Anush and Satenik, and one granddaughter, Mariam.[1]
Serzh Sargsyan Media
Sargsyan and US State Secretary Clinton in Yerevan, 4 June 2012
Dmitry Medvedev in Armenia, 20 August 2010
Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev, 23 January 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan in Sochi, 9 August 2014
Sargsyan with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, 16 May 2016
Sargsyan in Doha, Qatar, 24 July 2017
Sargsyan with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and the President of the European People's Party Wilfried Martens at the European People's Party Eastern Partnership Leaders' Summit in Yerevan, 30 November 2012
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan". Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ "RPA nominates Serge Sargsyan for President". PanArmenian.net. 2007-11-10. http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=24036. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- ↑ "Armenia: Sarkisian Sworn In As President" Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, April 9, 2008.
- ↑ "The President of the Republic of Armenia". Archived from the original on 2004-06-29. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Armenian PM resigns after protests". BBC News. 23 April 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43868433. Retrieved 23 April 2018.