PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PRESENT DECLARATIONS ABOUT THEIR REAL ESTATE

Noyan Tapan
Dec 12 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The 9 candidates nominated to run
in the presidential elections to be held in Armenia on February 19,
2008, have presented declarations of their property and incomes for
the past year.

According to information that the Central Electoral Commission
(CEC) submitted to Radio Liberty, the first Armenian president Levon
Ter-Petrosian declared as personal property a detached house of the
total area of 813.5 square meters in Yerevan’s Tsitsernakaberd Highway,
a land plot of about 10 thousand square meters in the same place,
and a 311-square-meter area of public importance in Koryun Street. The
candidate did not buy or sell real estate in the reported year.

The head of People’s Party, chairman of ALM Holding Tigran Karapetian
has joint property of about 290 square meters in Aygedzor district,
he purchased joint housing property of about 43.5 square meters in
Griboyedov Street in the reported year. He has his manufacturing
property in Komitas and Mamikoniants Streets of the total area of
about 2,003 square meters. He also has a production land plot of over
1,000 square meters in Komitas Street.

The chairman of the National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukian has a
360-square-meter house in Baghramian Avenue, an attic of about 175
sq. m., and a land plot of about 178 sq.m.

The vice speaker of the RA National Assembly Vahan Hovhannesian has
apartments of the total area of about 120 square meters in Koryun
and Khachatrian Streets as joint property, as well as a land plot of
3,300 sq.m. in the village of Arinj of Kotayk marz.

The chairman of the "National Unity" Party Artashes Geghamian has
housing property of about 106 sq.m. in Mashtots Avenue.

The head of the "National Agreement" Party Aram Harutyunian declared
housing property of about 50 sq.m. in Lvov Avenue.

The prime minister Serge Sargsian has joint housing property of 96
sq.m. in Stepanakert.

The chairman of the "Orinats Yerkir" Party Artur Baghdasarian and the
former advisor to the NKR president Arman Melikian have not indicated
any real estate as their property in the submitted declarations.

The section "Cultural Values and Antiques" was filled in only in the
declarations of Serge Sargsian: 18-20 century antiques, 32 canvases
of modern painters, works of Armenian painters Bashinjaghian, Sarian,
Minas, Hakobian and Gyurjian were indicated.