Ararat Mirzoyan
Ararat Mirzoyan | |
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Արարատ Միրզոյան | |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia | |
Assumed office 11 May 2018 Serving with Tigran Avinyan and Mher Grigoryan | |
Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
Preceded by |
Karen Karapetyan Armen Gevorgyan Vache Gabrielyan |
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
In office 2 April 2017 – 11 May 2018 | |
Parliamentary group | Way Out Alliance (Yelk) |
Constituency |
Electoral District #3 Yerevan Districts Malatia-Sebastia & Shengavit |
Personal details | |
Born |
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | November 23, 1979
Nationality | Armenian |
Political party | Civil Contract |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Ararat Mirzoyan (Armenian: Արարատ Միրզոյան; born 23 November 1979) is an Armenian politician and former member of the Armenian National Assembly. As a founding member of the Civil Contract Party,[1] he ran under the Way Out Alliance during the 2017 parliamentary election and was elected to represent the third electoral district, consisting of the Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit neighbourhoods of Yerevan.
A strong opponent of Serzh Sargsyan, Mirzoyan was instrumental in the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution against Sargsyan's transition from President to Prime Minister. Notably, on April 11, 2018, he lit smoke flares during a speech in the National Assembly to call attention to the planned protests, which eventually did result in Sargsyan's resignation.[2]
In May 2018, after Nikol Pashinyan replaced Sargsyan as Prime Minister, Mirzoyan was appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister under the new administration,[3] for which he had to give up his seat in parliament.
Professional career
Prior to running as a political candidate, Mirzoyan worked at a number of employers in Armenia, including the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, HSBC Bank Armenia, REGNUM News Agency, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.[4]
References
- ↑ "Biography of Ararat Mirzoyan". National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Up In Smoke: Armenia Lawmakers Ignite Flares In Parliament To Protest Sarkisian Shift". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 11, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Ararat Mirzoyan: Armenia's New First Deputy Prime Minister". Hetq. May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ https://news.am/eng/news/450801.html