Tigran Torosyan | |
Office1: | President of the National Assembly |
Term Start1: | June 1, 2006 |
Term End1: | September 26, 2008 |
Predecessor1: | Artur Baghdasaryan |
Successor1: | Hrayr Karapetyan (acting) |
Office2: | Vice-President National Assembly |
Term Start2: | 1999 |
Term End2: | 2006 |
Predecessor2: | Gagik Aslanian |
Successor2: | Vahan Hovanissian |
Birth Date: | 14 April 1956 |
Birth Place: | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality: | Armenian |
Alma Mater: | Yerevan Polytechnic Institute |
Party: | None During tenure as speaker, HHK |
Native Name Lang: | hy |
Tigran Torosyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Սուրիկի Թորոսյանը), born April 14, 1956) was the President of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2006 to 2008.[1] From 1993 he was a member of Republican Party of Armenia 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 Armenia. He resigned from office in 2008 after growing differences between him and other officials from the RPA, including president Serge Sargsyan which also led him to quit the party. Torosyan is married and has one daughter.