Serzh Sargsyan | |
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| Սերժ Սարգսյան | |
.jpg) Official portrait, 2013 | |
| 3rd President of Armenia | |
| In office 9 April 2008 – 9 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Tigran Sargsyan Hovik Abrahamyan Karen Karapetyan |
| Preceded by | Robert Kocharyan |
| Succeeded by | Armen Sarkissian |
| 11th and 15th Prime Minister of Armenia | |
| In office 17 April 2018 – 23 April 2018 | |
| President | Armen Sarkissian |
| Preceded by | Karen Karapetyan (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Karen Karapetyan (Acting) |
| In office 4 April 2007 – 9 April 2008 Acting: 25 March 2007 – 4 April 2007 | |
| President | Robert Kocharyan |
| Preceded by | Andranik Margaryan |
| Succeeded by | Tigran Sargsyan |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 20 May 2000 – 26 March 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Andranik Margaryan |
| Preceded by | Vagharshak Harutiunyan |
| Succeeded by | Mikael Harutyunyan |
| In office 21 August 1993 – 17 May 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Hrant Bagratyan |
| Preceded by | Vazgen Manukyan |
| Succeeded by | Vazgen Sargsyan |
| Minister of Interior and National Security | |
| In office 4 November 1996 – 11 June 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Armen Sarkissian Robert Kocharyan Armen Darbinyan |
| Preceded by | Vano Siradeghyan |
| Succeeded by | Suren Abrahamyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Serzhik Azati Sargsyan 30 June 1954 Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party (?–1988) Pan-Armenian National Movement (1989–?) Republican Party (2006–present) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Dzoraghbyur |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
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| Website | www |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army |
| Years of service | 1972–1974 1989–1992 |
| Battles/wars | First 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]
- ^ Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. President.am. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
- ^ "RPA nominates Serge Sargsyan for President". PanArmenian.net. 10 November 2007. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
- ^ "Armenia: Sarkisian Sworn In As President" Archived 22 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 9 April 2008.
- ^ "Lawmakers Approve Sarkisian As Armenia's PM Despite Countrywide Protests". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.