Andranik Margaryan
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| Andranik Margaryan Անդրանիկ Մարգարյան |
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| In office 12 May 2000 – present |
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| Preceded by | Aram Sargsyan |
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| Born | June 12, 1951 |
| Political party | Republican Party |
Andranik Margaryan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Մարգարյան) (born June 12, 1951) has been Prime Minister of Armenia since May 12, 2000. He is a member of the Republican Party of Armenia. In Armenia the Prime Minister is appointed by the President. He succeeded the Sarkisyan brothers: Vazgen Sargsyan, who was murdered by gunmen on October 27, 1999 in the Armenian parliament building and Aram Sargsyan, who was appointed a week later but fired on May 2, 2000.
Andranik Markargan has been engaged in Armenian politics since 1965. In 1968, Margaryan became a member of the National Unity Party, and illegal political party in Soviet Russia, and has served on the National Unity Party's board since 1973. Margaryan has been a long time critic of the totalitarian government of Soviet Russia, and expressed a vision for an independent, democratic Armenia. He was arrested in 1974 and sentenced to two years in prison for the proliferation of unpatriotic ideas and activities considered dangerous in the Soviet Union.
In 1992, after Armenia's independence, Margaryan became a registered member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), the first registered party in the 3rd Republic of Armenia, and influenced the party platform with the ideology he expressed as a member of the National United Party. He has served as the Republican Party's Chairman of the Board from 1993 to the present.
He has also been a member of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteer union since 1996 and served on the YVU's board.
Andranik Margaryan is married, has two daughters, one son, and five grandchildren.
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| Preceded by Aram Sargsyan |
Prime Minister of Armenia 2000-present |
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