DASHNAKTSUTYUN MEMBER ELECTED ARMENIAN DEPUTY SPEAKER

Interfax News Agency
May 20 2008
Russia

Grair Karapetian, a member the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun was elected as deputy speaker of the Armenian
parliament.

There was only Karapetian on the ballot, and he was elected by the
majority of votes.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun, Orinats Yerkir
and Prosperous Armenia are the members of the ruling coalition.

Karapetian was born in Yerevan on August 11, 1963. He joined
Dashnaktsutyun in 1989. He was elected to the parliament in 2003 and
2007. He was a leader of the Dashnaktsutyun’s parliamentary faction.