Aram Manukyan ( hy, Արամ Մանուկյան; born March 9, 1957) is an Armenian politician.

Early life

Born in

Vanadzor Vanadzor ( hy, Վանաձոր) is an urban municipal community and the third-largest city in Armenia, serving as the capital of Lori Province in the northern part of the country. It is located about north of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 cen ...

, Manukian graduated from the Hovhannes Tumanyan State Pedagogical University with a degree in physics. Between 1978 and 1983 he worked as a teacher at a secondary school in Yeghegnut. Between 1983 and 1993 he was an engineer at the ''Avtomatika'' Scientific-Production Association of Vanadzor.

Political career

He was elected to the Supreme Council in May 1990 parliamentary election from the

Pan-Armenian National Movement The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian All-national Movement ( hy, Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում, translit=Hayots Hamazgain Sharzhum; HHS) was a political party in Armenia. History The party emerged from the resolution of ...

and served as the deputy chairman of the Committee on Science, Language and Culture. To symbolize the revival of the Armenian statehood, the initial declaration of the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union on 23 August 1990 was read by him because he bore the same name as

Aram Manukian Aram Manukian, reformed spelling: Արամ Մանուկյան, and he is also referred to as simply Aram. (19 March 187929 January 1919), was an Armenian revolutionary, statesman, and a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ...

(1879-1919), the founder of the

First Republic of Armenia The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն), was the first modern Armenian state since the loss of Armenian statehood in the Middle ...

. He was reelected in 1995 and remained a member of the parliament until 1999. He returned to the Armenian parliament in

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when he was elected by the party-list of

Armenian National Congress The Armenian National Congress ( hy, italic=yes, Հայ Ազգային Կոնգրես, translit=Hay Azgayin Kongres) is an Armenian political party led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and formed in 2008. Its direct predecessor was the P ...

References

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