Ishkhan Saghatelyan | |
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| Իշխան Սաղաթելյան | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| Assumed office August 2, 2021 | |
| Parliamentary group | Armenia Alliance |
| Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| In office August 6, 2021 – July 2, 2022 Serving with Hakob Arshakyan and Ruben Rubinyan | |
| President | Alen Simonyan |
| Preceded by | Alen Simonyan Lena Nazaryan Vahe Enfiajyan |
| Governor of Gegharkunik Province | |
| In office June 1, 2018 – October 3, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Botoyan |
| Succeeded by | Gnel Sanosyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 6, 1982 Geghamavan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University Armenian National Academy of Sciences |
| Occupation | Politician, political scientist |
Ishkhan Vachiki Saghatelyan (Armenian: Իշխան Վաչիկի Սաղաթելյան; born May 6, 1982) is an Armenian politician who has served as a deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia from the opposition Armenia Alliance since August 2, 2021. He served as deputy speaker the National Assembly from August 6, 2021[1] until his removal from the position on July 2, 2022.[2] He is the current chair of the Supreme Council of Armenia of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).[3]
He served as the governor of Gegharkunik Province from June 1, 2018, until October 3, 2018.[4] Saghatelyan was the lead coordinator of the Homeland Salvation Movement, which led protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after the end of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Saghatelyan is one of the leaders of the Armenia Alliance, an electoral coalition between the ARF, ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, and the newly established Reborn Armenia party. The coalition came in second in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary election held on June 20, 2021.[5]
- ^ Kocharyan, Stepan (2021-08-06). "Ishkhan Saghatelyan elected deputy speaker of parliament". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ "Two opposition MPs lost their positions in Armenian Parliament amid 'failure to fulfil obligations'". English Jamnews. 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ "'Pashinyan Never Intended to Hold Snap Elections,' Says ARF's Saghatelyan". Asbarez.com. Asbarez. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Գեղարքունիքի մարզպետարան". gegharkunik.mtad.am. Gegharkunik Governor's Office. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Robert Kocharyan forms alliance with ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Reviving Armenia Party". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-05-12.