Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the country’s high ranking officials visited the Komitas Pantheon to commemorate a notable politician, former Armenian Prime-Minister Andranik Margaryan’s 60th birth anniversary.

Further, Mr. Sargsyan attended an event organized by the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia to mark the occasion, presidential press service reported.

Andranik Margaryan (12 June 1951 – 25 March 2007) served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party of Armenia, the Party's Chairman of the Board from 1993 until his death. Throughout his career, he was awarded the “Garegin Nzhdeh” medal by the Armenian Defense Ministry alongside the “Aram Manukian,” “Fridjof Nansen” and “Vazgen Sargsyan” medals.