Vigen Sargsyan | |
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| Defence Minister of Armenia | |
| In office 3 October 2016 – 8 May 2018 | |
| President | Serzh Sargsyan Armen Sarkissian |
| Prime Minister | Karen Karapetyan Serzh Sargsyan |
| Preceded by | Seyran Ohanyan |
| Succeeded by | David Tonoyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1975 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Republican Party of Armenia |
Vigen Sargsyan (Armenian: Վիգեն Ալեքսանդրի Սարգսյան; born 10 May 1975) is an Armenian politician who served as the Defence Minister of Armenia from October 2016 until May 2018 and as the Chief of Presidential Administration from October 2011 to October 2016.[1][2]
He is not related to either the former President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan or the former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. He left the office after the Velvet Revolution led by opposition politician Nikol Pashinyan, who became Armenia's new prime minister.[3] After leaving public office, Sargsyan assumed the role of Executive Director of Luys Foundation, created in 2009, and turned it into a public policy think-tank.[4] In 2019, Sargsyan joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Sloan Fellow. He currently resides in the United States.[5] He is wanted in Armenia on charges of abuse of power during his time as defence minister; Sargsyan rejects the charges as politically motivated.[5]
- ^ "MD RA - Vigen Sargsyan". mil.am. Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ "Vigen Sargsyan appointed as new defense minister of Armenia". arka.am. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Министр обороны Армении ушел в отставку после обещания Пашиняна" [Armenian Defense Minister resigns after Pashinyan's swearing-in]. РБК (in Russian). 5 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ "Vigen Sargsyan takes the helm at Luys Foundation". mediamax.am. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ a b Bulghadarian, Naira (2023-07-13). "Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Armenian Defense Chief". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան. Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.