Armen Martirosyan ( hy, Արմեն Մարտիրոսյան; born 30 September 1973) is an

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n politician from the

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party.

Early life

Armen Martirosyan was born in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

Armenia SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

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on 30 September 1973. In 1994, he graduated from the Combat Sports faculty of the

Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport ( hy, Հայաստանի ֆիզիկական կուլտուրայի և սպորտի պետական ինստիտուտ) is a higher educational institution institute, located in Yerevan, Armenia ...

. He is a judo coach, physical training teacher, pedagogical sciences candidate and senior professor. Martirosyan then served in the

Armed Forces of Armenia The Armed Forces of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի զինված ուժեր, Hayastani zinvats uzher), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army ( hy, Հայկական Բանակ, Haykakan Banak), is the national military of Armenia. It consist ...

in 1994 and 1995. Afterwards, he returned to the State Institute of Physical Culture as a professor. He became a senior professor in 2001 and, from 2002 to 2004, worked as head of the division of Foreign Relations. Martirosyan is an author of 20 scientific articles and a school textbook.

Political career

Martirosyan is the vice-chairman of the Heritage party headed by

Raffi Hovannisian Raffi K. Richardi Hovannisian ( hy, Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Հովհաննիսյան; hyw, Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Յովհաննէսեան; born 20 November 1959) is an Armenian politician, the first Foreign Minister of Armenia and t ...

. On 12 May 2007, he was elected as a Deputy of the

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by proportional electoral system from the Heritage party.

2013 Yerevan City Council election

On 5 May 2013, Martirosyan was the Heritage mayoral candidate for the

2013 Yerevan City Council election Yerevan City Council election was held on May 5, 2013. The Republican Party of Armenia won 56% of the total vote, Prosperous Armenia had 23%, while Barev Yerevan won over 8%. The opposition parties and the local observers denounced the elections ...

, as part of the Hello Yerevan alliance. Hello Yerevan received 8.48% of the votes and won 6 seats in the

Yerevan City Council The Yerevan City Council () is the lawmaking body of the city of Yerevan, the capital and largest city of Armenia. It has 65 members elected by Party-list proportional representation system, headed by the Mayor of Yerevan. The Council serves as a ...

. The elections contained plenty of violations according to most observation groups. The opposition parties accused the ruling

Republican Party of Armenia The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն, ՀՀԿ; ''Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun'', ''HHK'') is a national-conservative political party in Armenia led by the thir ...

for electoral fraud throughout the election day. Martirosyan stated on 24 September 2013 that reform is no longer possible and a revolution in Armenia would be inevitable.There will be revolution in Armenia – opposition member
/ref> He was arrested in July 2016, during the

2016 Yerevan hostage crisis On 17 July 2016, a group of armed men calling themselves the ''Daredevils of Sasun'' (; the name is taken from an epic poem) stormed a police station in Yerevan, Armenia and took nine hostages. They demanded the release of opposition leader Jira ...

Personal life

He is married with two children.

References

External links

Heritage biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martirosyan, Armen 1973 births Living people Armenian soldiers Heritage (Armenia) politicians Members of the National Assembly (Armenia) Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport alumni