Tigran Torosyan
Տիգրան Թորոսյան
Torosyan in 2006
President of the National Assembly
In office
June 1, 2006  September 26, 2008
Preceded byArtur Baghdasaryan
Succeeded byHrayr Karapetyan (acting)
Vice-President National Assembly
In office
1999–2006
Preceded byGagik Aslanian
Succeeded byVahan Hovanissian
Personal details
Born (1956-04-14) 14 April 1956
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyNone
During tenure as speaker, HHK
Alma materYerevan Polytechnic Institute

Tigran Torosyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Սուրիկի Թորոսյանը), born April 14, 1956) was the President of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2006 to 2008.[1] From 1993 he was a member of Republican Party of Armenia and the party board. In 1998-2008 he became a Deputy Chairman of the RPA board. On June 1, 2006, he was elected President of the National Assembly of Armenia. He resigned from office in 2008 after growing differences between him and other officials from the RPA, including president Serge Sargsyan which also led him to quit the party. Torosyan is married and has one daughter.

References

  1. "Tigran TOROSYAN". National Assembly of RA. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
  • RFE/RL interview with Tigran Torosyan after his resignation as speaker of the National Assembly and as a member of the HHK (Sept 23, 2008)


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