Aris Movsesijan

Aris Movsesijan (Serbian Cyrillic: Арис Мовсесијан; born 22 March 1966[1]) is a Serbian screenwriter, movie director, writer blogger, politician and a dentist. He is currently the president of the New Party, a social liberal political party.

Aris Movsesijan
Арис Мовсесијан
Movsesijan in 2020.
Personal details
Born (1966-03-22) 22 March 1966
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Political partyNew Party
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationScreenwriter, movie director, writer, politician

Biography

Early life and career

Movsesijan was born in 1966 in Belgrade, which at that time was a part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His paternal grandparents were Armenian and his grandfather Yeznik escaped the Ottoman military service and walked all the way to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1][2]

He graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Belgrade.[3]

He was the director of the movie Aporia (2006) and a screenwriter of the Svjetsko čudovište (2003).[4]

He also wrote the book Characters and writers and said that his wish is for it to be translated to Armenian.[5][2]

Political career

Movsesijan is currently the president of the New Party, a social liberal political party.[6] He has been a member of the party since 2014 and he said he joined it to fight against censorship.[3]

He received a 148th position on the combined electoral list of the Democratic Party, New Party, Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina and the Together for Serbia for the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election.[7]

In 2017, he said that he is sure that Serbia will one day recognize that Turkey committed genocide against the Armenians, however that currently it does not do so due to the strong relations with Turkey.[8]

On 6 October 2020, Movsesijan and Pavle Grbović, the president of the Movement of Free Citizens announced that the unification of the two political options has formally begun.[9]

References
  1. Radovanović, Piše: Rade. "Vrteške u mojoj glavi". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. Bakhchinyan, Artsvi (17 September 2020). "Aris Movsesyan: 'The Smile Connects All the Things I Have Ever Done"". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. Milenković, Piše: Mirjana R. (5 October 2020). "Aris Movsesijan: Scenarista stranke". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. "Aris Movsesijan". IMDb. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  5. "ARIS MOVSESIJAN – BIOGRAFIJA". Klikeri video blog. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. "Aris Movsesijan izabran za predsednika Nove stranke". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. "Kandidati za poslanike 2016: Lista Za pravednu Srbiju – Demokratska stranka (Nova, DSHV, ZZS)". Nedeljnik Vreme. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  8. Vojvodine, Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija. "Movsesijan: Srbija će osuditi genocid nad Jermenima". JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  9. Insajder. "Nova stranka i PSG objavili početak ujedinjenja". Insajder (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Zoran Živković		 President of the New Party
2020–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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