Ararat Mirzoyan

Ararat Mirzoyan (Armenian: Արարատ Միրզոյան; born 23 November 1979) is an Armenian politician and the current President of the National Assembly of Armenia. 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.

Ararat Mirzoyan
Արարատ Միրզոյան
President of the National Assembly of Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 January 2019
President	Armen Sarkissian
Preceded by	Ara Babloyan
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia
In office 11 May 2018 – 12 January 2019
Prime Minister	Nikol Pashinyan
Preceded by	Karen Karapetyan
Succeeded by	post abolished
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	(1979-11-23) November 23, 1979 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Armenian
Political party	Civil Contract
Children	2
Alma mater	Yerevan State University

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.