Aram Gaspar Sargsyan

Aram Gaspar (Gasparovich) Sargsyan (Armenian: Արամ Գասպարի Սարգսյան, born August 14, 1949, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian politician, a communist and social-democrat activist.

Aram Gaspar Sargsyan
Member of Armenian parliament
In office 2003–2007
Leader of Democratic Party of Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1991
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia
In office May 14, 1991 – September 7, 1991
Preceded by	Stepan Pogosyan
Succeeded by	Levon Ter-Petrosyan (as Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia)
Secretary of Communist Party of Armenia Central Committee
In office 1990 – May 14, 1991
Personal details
Born	Aram Gasparovich Sargsyan (1949-08-14) August 14, 1949 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Armenian
Alma mater	Yerevan State Linguistic University Moscow higher komsomol school
Profession	politician, communist and social-democrat activist

In 1967-1972 he studied at Yerevan State Linguistic University, then at Moscow higher komsomol school. Sarkisyan worked in different factories, in the 1970-80s he was the correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda and Pravda in Armenia. In 1990 Sarkisyan was the secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia Central Committee. From May 14, 1991 to September 7, 1991 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia.

Since 1991 he has led the Democratic Party of Armenia. He was a member of Armenian parliament in 2003–2007. He is an opposition activist.