Ex-PM Tigran Sargsyan appointed ambassador to U.S.June 26, 2014 - 16:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former prime minister Tigran Sargsyan was appointed by President Serzh Sargsyan as ambassador to the United States with residence in Washington, ARKA reported. He was awarded by the president the degree of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. He is replacing Tatul Margaryan. Tigran Sargsyan resigned as prime minister on April 3, 2014. He was replaced by parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan. Sargsyan served as prime minister from April 9, 2008 to April 2013. Before that he served as governor of the Central Bank. Sargsyan was born on January 29, 1960 in Vanadzor. In 1980 he graduated from the Institute of National Economy in Yerevan. He continued his studies in Russia graduating in 1983 from the Institute of Economics in Leningrad. Since 1987 he held various positions in government agencies and was elected to parliament in 1990. In 1998 he was appointed Central Bank governor and held the job until 2008. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |