Artur Baghdasaryan

Artur Baghdasarian
Speakers of the National Assembly
In office
June 12, 2003  June 1, 2006
Preceded by Armen Khachatryan
Succeeded by Tigran Torosyan
Personal details
Born November 1968 (age 47)
Yerevan,
Nationality Armenian
Alma mater Yerevan State University

Artur Baghdasaryan (Armenian: Արթուր Վահանի Բաղդասարյան, born November 8, 1968 in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia) is a Republic of Armenia politician and former Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. He is the leader of the pro-government Rule of Law party. He is married and has two children.[1]

Biography

Born November 8, 1968 in Yerevan. In 1985, he finished the Khachatur Abovian Secondary School in Yerevan. In 1985 he entered and in 1992 graduated from Law Faculty of Yerevan State University. In 1988- 1989 he served in the army.

Political career

In March 1998 he was elected the Chairman of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

Although he was part of the governing coalition, in December 2005 Baghdasaryan alleged that "serious ballot stuffing" occurred during the November 2005 constitutional referendum.[2] He stood as Rule of Law's candidate in the February 2008 presidential election and placed third with 17.7% of the vote according to final official results.[3]

The Law and Order party, like second place candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian, criticized the 2008 election as being flawed, and it claimed that Baghdasaryan received more votes that he was given in the final results.[4] Baghdasaryan, unlike some other members of his party, did not take part in the protests against the election led by Ter-Petrossian, however.[5] On February 29, 2008, he announced that he had accepted the post of Secretary of the National Security Council in a planned coalition government,[4][5] recognizing the legitimacy of the election and the victory of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. Although the post of Secretary of the National Security Council has previously been considered primarily ceremonial, and the Council seldom met, Sargysan said that he intended for the Council to become more active during his presidency, giving Baghdasaryan the opportunity "to get fully involved in the governance of our country."[4]

He is the author of a number of scientific monographs and more than 100 scientific and analytical articles.

Footnotes

  1. Official biography
  2. Liz Fuller, "Armenia: Parties Realign Ahead Of 2007 Parliamentary Elections", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 January 2006.
  3. "RA CEC DECLARED SERGE SARGSIAN ARMENIA’S PRESIDENT", defacto.am, 25 February 2008.
  4. 1 2 3 Anna Saghabalian, "Baghdasarian Returns To Armenian Government", Armenialiberty.org, February 29, 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Armenia: Coalition Government Takes Shape As Protests Continue", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, February 29, 2008.
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