Tigran Sargsyan

Tigran Sargsyan (born January 29, 1960) was the Prime Minister of Armenia from 9 April 2008 to 13 April 2014.

Tigran Sargsyan
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Prime Minister of Armenia
In office
9 April 2008 – 13 April 2014
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded bySerzh Sargsyan
Succeeded byHovik Abrahamyan
Chairperson of the Central Bank of Armenia
In office
3 March 1998 – 9 April 2008
PresidentRobert Kocharyan
Preceded byBagrat Asatryan
Succeeded byArthur Javadyan
Personal details
Born (1960-01-29) 29 January 1960 (age 64)
Kirovakan, Soviet Union
(now Vanadzor, Armenia)
Political partyRepublican Party
Alma materLeningrad Institute of Economics and Finance

From 1980 to 1983, Sargsyan attended Leningrad's Voznesenski Financial and Economic Institute.[1]

On April 9, 2008 he became Prime Minister of Armenia. He was selected by President Serzh Sargsyan.[2]

Sargsyan is married and has three children (daughter Nelly Sargsyan and two sons Armen and Abgar Sargsyans) and a grandchild. He is of no relation to the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

Tigran Sargsyan Media

References

  1. Official Curriculum Vitae on Armenian government website
  2. Marianna Grigoryan, "The Other Sargsyan: PM Tigran in, political "independent" to lead government" Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, April 11, 2008.