Tigran Torosyan ( hy, Տիգրան Սուրիկի Թորոսյանը), born April 14, 1957 in

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

, was the President of the

National Assembly of Armenia The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...

from 2006 to 2008. From 1993 he was a member of

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 ...

and the party board. In 1998-2008 he became a Deputy Chairman of the RPA board. On June 1, 2006 he was elected President of the National Assembly of

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. He resigned from office in 2008 after growing differences between him and other officials from the RPA, including

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Serge Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan ( hy, Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, ; born 30 June 1954)Of ...

which also led him to quit the party. Torosyan is married and has one daughter.

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RFE/RL interview
with Tigran Torosyan after his resignation as speaker of the National Assembly and as a member of the HHK (Sept 23, 2008) 1957 births Living people Politicians from Yerevan Presidents of the National Assembly (Armenia) National Polytechnic University of Armenia alumni Republican Party of Armenia politicians {{Armenia-politician-stub