Tigran Suriki Torosyan born April 14, 1956 in Yerevan

Yerevan

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, was the speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia

National Assembly of Armenia

The Azgayin Zhoghov of Armenia is the official name of the legislative branch of the government of Armenia.-History:Until the promulgation of the Hatt-i Sharif of 1839, the patriarch and his clients, within limits, possessed authority over Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire...

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

Republican Party of Armenia

The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded and registered . It is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have 140,000 members...

 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 the Republic of Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

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

President of Armenia

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

External links

• 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)