Ararat Mirzoyan

Ararat Mirzoyan (Armenian: Արարատ Միրզոյան; born 23 November 1979) is an Armenian politician and the current President of the National Assembly of Armenia. As a founding member of the Civil Contract Party,[1] he ran under the Way Out Alliance during the 2017 parliamentary election and was elected to represent the third electoral district, consisting of the Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit neighbourhoods of Yerevan.

Ararat Mirzoyan
Արարատ Միրզոյան
President of the National Assembly of Armenia
Assumed office
14 January 2019
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Preceded byAra Babloyan
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia
In office
11 May 2018 – 12 January 2019
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byKaren Karapetyan
Succeeded bypost abolished
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office
2 April 2017 – 11 May 2018
Parliamentary groupWay Out Alliance (Yelk)
ConstituencyElectoral District #3
Yerevan Districts Malatia-Sebastia & Shengavit
Personal details
Born (1979-11-23) November 23, 1979
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityArmenian
Political partyCivil Contract
Children2
Alma materYerevan State University

A strong opponent of Serzh Sargsyan, Mirzoyan was instrumental in the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution against Sargsyan's transition from President to Prime Minister. Notably, on April 11, 2018, he lit smoke flares during a speech in the National Assembly to call attention to the planned protests, which eventually did result in Sargsyan's resignation.[2]

In May 2018, after Nikol Pashinyan replaced Sargsyan as Prime Minister, Mirzoyan was appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister under the new administration,[3] for which he had to give up his seat in parliament.

On the morning of 10 November 2020, protesters seized the parliament building and pulled Mirzoyan from a car, demanding to know the whereabouts of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who announced a peace treaty with Azerbaijan just hours earlier to end the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[4][5] At the presence of his child, Mirzoyan was severely beaten by a mob and was later taken to hospital, where he underwent surgery and was said to be in a good condition.[6]

Professional career

Prior to running as a political candidate, Mirzoyan worked at a number of employers in Armenia, including the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, HSBC Bank Armenia, REGNUM News Agency, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.[7]

References
  1. "Biography of Ararat Mirzoyan". National Assembly of Armenia. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. "Up In Smoke: Armenia Lawmakers Ignite Flares In Parliament To Protest Sarkisian Shift". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 11, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. "Ararat Mirzoyan: Armenia's New First Deputy Prime Minister". Hetq. May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  4. "Протестующие избили спикера парламента Армении". RIA (in Russian).
  5. "Демонстранты захватили здание парламента Армении". Interfax (in Russian).
  6. Troianovski, Anton (10 November 2020). "In Bitter Nagorno-Karabakh War, a Reordering of Regional Powers". The New York Times. Moscow. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  7. https://news.am/eng/news/450801.html
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