Arman Babajanyan Explained

Arman Babajanyan
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
Native Name Lang:hy
Parliamentarygroup:Independent (Bright Armenia before September 2019)
Party:For The Republic Party
Birth Date:1976 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Yerevan, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union
Term Start:14 January 2019
Termend:10 May 2021

Arman Shamiri Babajanyan (Armenian: Արման Շամիրի Բաբաջանյան; born 15 January 1976) is an Armenian politician and journalist whօ previously served as an independent member of the National Assembly of Armenia.[1]

Babajanyan was previously the chief editor of the Zhamanak-Yerevan newspaper.[2] In 2006 Babajanyan recognized himself partially guilty for avoiding mandatory service in Armenian Armed Forces and was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.[3] Babajanyan claimed that the case was political in nature and that orders for his imprisonment came from the president of Armenia. Babajanyan was released from imprisonment in August 2009.[4]

Babajanyan was elected to the National Assembly in the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election as a member of the Bright Armenia party's electoral list. He left the party's parliamentary group in September 2019 and became an independent member of parliament.[5] Babajanyan is the current leader of the For The Republic Party, which he founded in September 2020.[6]

In May 2021, Babajanyan was nominated to lead an electoral alliance between the For the Republic Party and the Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party. The alliance, known as the Shirinyan-Babajanyan Alliance of Democrats, announced its intentions to participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary election.[7] Following the election, the alliance received 1.50% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats in the National Assembly.

In May 2024, Babajanyan joined the United Platform of Democratic Forces.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Assembly of Armenia Official Web Site parliament.am. parliament.am. 2019-01-20.
  2. Web site: 2 August 2007. Արման Բաբաջանյան. - "Իմ գործով հրահանգները տրվում են ուղղակի նախագահականից". Arman Babajanyan: 'Orders have been given regarding my case from the presidency'. live. 19 May 2021. Azatutyun. hy. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519102335/https://www.azatutyun.am/a/1589720.html . 2021-05-19 .
  3. Web site: Արման Բաբաջանյանը դատարանում իրեն մեղավոր ճանաչեց մասնակիորեն. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200206133953/https://www.azatutyun.am/a/1583627.html . 2020-02-06 .
  4. Web site: Shoghikyan. Hovhannes. 4 August 2009. Արման Բաբաջանյանը ազատ արձակվեց. Arman Babajanyan has been released. live. 19 May 2021. Azatutyun. hy. https://web.archive.org/web/20170419152905/http://www.azatutyun.am:80/a/1792212.html . 2017-04-19 .
  5. Web site: 6 September 2019. Արման Բաբաջանյանը լքում է "Լուսավոր Հայաստան" խմբակցությունը. Arman Babajanyan is leaving the 'Bright Armenia' parliamentary group. live. 19 May 2021. Azatutyun. hy. https://web.archive.org/web/20190910210116/https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30149927.html . 2019-09-10 .
  6. Web site: Nalbandian. Naira. 21 September 2020. "Հանուն Հանրապետության" կուսակցությունը գալիս է պաշտպանելու հեղափոխական օրակարգը. The 'For the Republic' party is coming to defend the revolution's agenda. live. 19 May 2021. Azatutyun. hy. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022233806/https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30850445.html . 2020-10-22 .
  7. Web site: Ընտրություններին կմասնակցի նաև «Շիրինյան-Բաբաջանյան ժողովրդավարների դաշինք»-ը. Բաբաջանյանը և Շիրինյանը հուշագիր ստորագրեցին.