Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan ( hy, Վլադիմիր Մովսիսյան ''Vladimir Movsishan'', 12 November 1933 in Shenavan,

Spitak Spitak ( hy, Սպիտակ), is a town and urban municipal community in the northern Lori Province of Armenia. It is north of the capital, Yerevan, and west of the provincial center, Vanadzor. Spitak was entirely destroyed during the devastati ...

region,

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

– 5 November 2014 in Yerevan, Armenia) was an

n politician. He studied at Highest school of

CPSU "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

Central Committee. He ruled the agro-industry in

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

. In 1990 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia the last one who officially ruled Soviet Armenia (Movsisyan was succeeded by the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Armenia

Levon Ter-Petrosyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...

). In 1993 he administered the defence of

Ijevan Ijevan ( hy, Իջևան) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Tavush Province. It is located at the center of the region, at the foot of Ijevan ridge of Gugark Mountains, on the shores of ...

. In the 1990s he was the governor of Gegharkunik, then the Minister of agriculture of Armenia. Movsisyan was also awarded the prestigious St. Mesrop Mashtots medal.

Death

Movsisyan died on 5 November 2014 in Yerevan, aged 80.

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Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Movsisyan, Vladimir Migranovich 1934 births 2014 deaths People from Lori Province Government ministers of Armenia Party leaders of the Soviet Union Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members First Secretaries of the Armenian Communist Party Agriculture ministers of Armenia Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour