Eduard Sharmazanov ( hy, Էդուարդ Շարմազանով; born 8 November 1975) is an Armenian politician.Biography of Eduard Sharmazanov
Official website of the National Assembly of Armenia Since 12 June 2011, he has been a Vice President of the

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. After the

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, on 18 May 2017, he was re-elected to that position. Since 2011, he has been the

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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 ...

. On October 12, after the Armenian defeat on the

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, he was arrested among other opposition leaders on charges of "illegal conduction of rallies".Leaders of PAP, Homeland parties, ARF-D Supreme Body member and others arrested for illegal conduction of rallies

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, October 12, 2020

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharmazanov, Eduard 1975 births Living people People from Lori Province 20th-century Armenian politicians 21st-century Armenian politicians