Tigran Torosyan

President of the National AssemblyIn office
June 1, 2006 – September 26, 2008Preceded byArtur BaghdasaryanSucceeded byHrayr Karapetyan (acting)Vice-President National AssemblyIn office
1999–2006Preceded byGagik AslanianSucceeded byVahan Hovanissian Personal detailsBorn (1956-04-14) 14 April 1956 (age 68)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet UnionPolitical partyNone
During tenure as speaker, HHKAlma materYerevan Polytechnic Institute

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.

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• 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)