Tigran Torosyan

Tigran Torosyan Տիգրան Թորոսյան
Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office 1 June 2006 – 26 September 2008
Preceded by	Artur Baghdasaryan
Succeeded by	Hrayr Karapetyan (acting)
Personal details
Born	14 April 1956 (1956-04-14) (age 55) Yerevan, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	None During tenure as speaker, HHK
Alma mater	Yerevan Polytechnic Institute

Tigran Suriki Torosyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Թորոսյան), born April 14, 1956 in Yerevan, was the speaker 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 the Republic 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

^ "Tigran TOROSYAN". National Assembly of RA. http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=138&lang=eng. Retrieved 2007-01-21.

External links

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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Name	Torosyan, Tigran
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Date of birth	14 April 1956
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union
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