Rita Sargsyan

Rita Sargsyan
First Lady of Armenia
In role
9 April 2008 – 9 April 2018
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded byBella Kocharyan
Succeeded byNouneh Sarkissian
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Armenia
In role
17 April 2018 – 23 April 2018
Prime MinisterSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded byLilit Karapetyan
Succeeded byLilit Karapetyan (Acting)
In role
4 April 2007 – 9 April 2008
Acting: 25 March 2007 – 4 April 2007
Prime MinisterSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded bySusanna Margaryan
Succeeded byGohar Sargsyan
Personal details
Born
Rita Aleksandri Dadayan

(1962-03-06)6 March 1962
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union
Died20 November 2020(2020-11-20) (aged 58)
Yerevan, Armenia
NationalityArmenian
Spouse
(m. 1983)
ProfessionMusic teacher
ReligionArmenian Apostolic Church
WebsiteOfficial website

Rita Aleksandri Sargsyan (Armenian: Ռիտա Ալեքսանդրի Սարգսյան, née Dadayan (Դադայան), 6 March 1962 – 20 November 2020[1]) was the wife of Serzh Sargsyan, the President of Armenia from 2008 to 2018.

She was born to a military family and was a music teacher by profession.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Մահացել է Ռիտա Սարգսյանը". Armenia Today (in Armenian). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Official website of the President of Armenia. Rita Sargsyan. First Lady of Armenia". Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ Documentary "Married to the president", «Rossia 24» (in Armenian)