Tigran Sargsyan
Armenian economist and politician
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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Տիգրան Սարգսյան | |
Prime Minister of Armenia | |
In office 9 April 2008 – 13 April 2014 | |
President | Serzh Sargsyan |
Preceded by | Serzh Sargsyan |
Succeeded by | Hovik Abrahamyan |
Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia | |
In office 3 March 1998 – 9 April 2008 | |
President | Robert Kocharyan |
Preceded by | Bagrat Asatryan |
Succeeded by | Arthur Javadyan |
Personal details | |
Born | Kirovakan, Soviet Union (now Vanadzor, Armenia) | 29 January 1960
Political party | Republican Party |
Alma mater | Leningrad 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.
References
change- ↑ Official Curriculum Vitae on Armenian government website
- ↑ Marianna Grigoryan, "The Other Sargsyan: PM Tigran in, political "independent" to lead government" Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, April 11, 2008.