Andranik Margaryan
Andranik Margaryan | |
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Անդրանիկ Մարգարյան | |
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| 10th Prime Minister of Armenia | |
| In office 12 May 2000 – 25 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Aram Sargsyan |
| Succeeded by | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 12, 1951 State Engineering University of Armenia |
| Occupation | computer engineer |
Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Նահապետի Մարգարյան; 12 June 1951 – 25 March 2007) served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 2007.[1] He was a member of the Republican Party of Armenia.[2] He succeeded the Sargsyan brothers: Vazgen Sargsyan, who was murdered during the Armenian parliament shooting on 27 October 1999 and Aram Sargsyan, whom the President appointed a week later, but fired on 2 May 2000.
Soviet Armenia
Andranik Margaryan was born on 12 June 1949 in
Armenian independence
In 1992 after Armenia's independence, Margaryan became a registered member of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), the first registered party in the 3rd Republic of Armenia.[citation needed] He influenced the party platform with the ideology he expressed as a member of the National United Party. He served as the Republican Party's Chairman of the Board from 1993 until his death. He had also been a member of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteer union since 1996 and served on the YVU's board.
In 2000 he was appointed
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Andranik Margaryan died of a heart attack on 25 March 2007, after nearly seven years in office, the second prime minister of Armenia to die in office and the first not related to an assassination. The head of Yerevan's municipal ambulance service reported that the prime minister was unconscious and his heart had stopped beating by the time two ambulance crews arrived at his apartment early in the afternoon. Margaryan was immediately given resuscitation treatment but did not respond.[4]
Margaryan had a history of serious cardiac problems and twice underwent heart surgery, first in Armenia in 1999 and later in France. He regularly visited French and Russian clinics for medical examinations.[4]
Andranik Margaryan is survived by a wife, two daughters, one son, and five grandchildren. In November 2011 his son Taron was elected Mayor of Yerevan.
Career outside politics
Apart from politics, Margaryan has also followed a career in scientific research. From 1972 until his arrest in 1974, he worked at the Yerevan branch of Scientific-Research Institute of Gas Industry as a senior engineer. After his release from the Soviet labor camps in 1977, he worked at the Scientific-Research Institute of Energy as chief engineer before moving on to find work in the Energy-Technical Factory as head of department in 1978. From 1979 to 1990, he worked at the Information Counting Centre of the Trade Ministry as the head of department of electronics.
From 1990 to 1994 he was the head of the information department at the State Department of Special Programs. He then settled to work in Armenia's State Architectural University as junior scientist from 1994 to 1995.[6]
References
- ^ "Armenian PM dies of heart attack". BBC News. 2007-03-25. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ISBN 0-415-32592-7.
- ^ Adrineh Der-Boghossian (July 13, 2010). "ATP adds to Irind's community improvement". Armenian Reporter. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Andranik Markaryan Biography". Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ^ "The passing of a statesman". Armenian Reporter. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) article on Andranik Margaryan's passing.
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