Serzh Sargsyan

Serzh Sargsyan
Սերժ Սարգսյան
Official portrait, 2013
3rd President of Armenia
In office
9 April 2008 – 9 April 2018
Prime MinisterTigran Sargsyan
Hovik Abrahamyan
Karen Karapetyan
Preceded byRobert Kocharyan
Succeeded byArmen Sarkissian
11th and 15th Prime Minister of Armenia
In office
17 April 2018 – 23 April 2018
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Preceded byKaren Karapetyan (Acting)
Succeeded byKaren Karapetyan (Acting)
In office
4 April 2007 – 9 April 2008
Acting: 25 March 2007 – 4 April 2007
PresidentRobert Kocharyan
Preceded byAndranik Margaryan
Succeeded byTigran Sargsyan
Minister of Defence
In office
20 May 2000 – 26 March 2007
Prime MinisterAndranik Margaryan
Preceded byVagharshak Harutiunyan
Succeeded byMikael Harutyunyan
In office
21 August 1993 – 17 May 1995
Prime MinisterHrant Bagratyan
Preceded byVazgen Manukyan
Succeeded byVazgen Sargsyan
Minister of Interior and National Security
In office
4 November 1996 – 11 June 1999
Prime MinisterArmen Sarkissian
Robert Kocharyan
Armen Darbinyan
Preceded byVano Siradeghyan
Succeeded bySuren Abrahamyan
Personal details
Born
Serzhik Azati Sargsyan

(1954-06-30) 30 June 1954 (age 70)
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party (?–1988)
Pan-Armenian National Movement (1989–?)
Republican Party (2006–present)
Spouse
(m. 1983; died 2020)
Children2
ResidenceDzoraghbyur
Alma materYerevan State University
Signature
Websitewww.serzhsargsyan.com/en
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
Years of service1972–1974
1989–1992
Battles/warsFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War

Serzh Azati Sargsyan (Armenian: Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, pronounced [sɛɾʒ sɑɾkʰəsˈjɑn]; born 30 June 1954)[1] is an Armenian politician who served as the third President of Armenia from 2008 to 2018, and twice as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 2007 to 2008 and again from 17 to 23 April 2018, when he was forced to resign in the 2018 Armenian revolution.

He won the February 2008 presidential election with the backing of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, a party in which he serves as chairman,[2] and took office in April 2008.[3] On 18 February 2013, he was re-elected as president and served the entire term.

Despite pledging in 2014 not to become prime minister again while supporting an amendment of the constitution in 2015 that would allow it, Sargsyan was again elected prime minister in April 2018, in what opposition figures described as a "power grab".[4] Six days after taking office, Sargsyan resigned after large-scale protests.[5] Sargsyan is currently the leader of the Republican Party, which was the ruling party of Armenia from 1999 to 2018 and is currently represented in parliament as a part of the opposition I Have Honor Alliance.[6]

  1. ^ Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. President.am. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
  2. ^ "RPA nominates Serge Sargsyan for President". PanArmenian.net. 10 November 2007. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
  3. ^ "Armenia: Sarkisian Sworn In As President" Archived 22 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 9 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Lawmakers Approve Sarkisian As Armenia's PM Despite Countrywide Protests". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. ^ Hairenik (23 April 2018). "Breaking: Serge Sarkisian Resigns as Prime Minister". The Armenian Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Acting PM Karapetyan will start talks over candidates for PM on April 25". news.am. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.