Ex-PM Tigran Sargsyan appointed ambassador to U.S.June 26, 2014 - 16:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former prime minister Tigran Sargsyan was appointed by President Serzh Sargsyan as ambassador to the United States with residence in Washington, ARKA reported. He was awarded by the president the degree of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. He is replacing Tatul Margaryan. Tigran Sargsyan resigned as prime minister on April 3, 2014. He was replaced by parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan. Sargsyan served as prime minister from April 9, 2008 to April 2013. Before that he served as governor of the Central Bank. Sargsyan was born on January 29, 1960 in Vanadzor. In 1980 he graduated from the Institute of National Economy in Yerevan. He continued his studies in Russia graduating in 1983 from the Institute of Economics in Leningrad. Since 1987 he held various positions in government agencies and was elected to parliament in 1990. In 1998 he was appointed Central Bank governor and held the job until 2008. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |