MEMBER OF "RPA" FACTION HAKOB HAKOBIAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Noyan Tapan
Oct 23, 2008

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on October
20 elected the member of NA "Republican Party of Armenia" ("RPA")
faction Hakob Hakobian as the chairman of the newly-created Standing
Committee on Social Issues by a secret vote. According to the chairman
of "RPA" faction, chairman of the NA Ad Hoc Counting Committee Samvel
Nikoyan, 87 out of 131 NA deputues took part in the vote. 83 voted
for the only candidate, 2 deputies voted against. 2 voting-papers
were recognized as invalid.

H. Hakobian was born in the village of Tsovinar in Martuni region
on January 26, 1958. In 1980 he graduated from Yerevan Polytechnic
Institute, receiving a diploma of an engineer-economist. His career
began at Arpa-Sevan construction organization in the 1980s. He served
as the CEO, then as the chairman of that company in 1995-1999. He was
a deputy of the RA National Assembly of 2nd convocation (1999-2003)
and 3rd convocation (2003-2007). In 2007, he was elected a deputy of
the NA of 4th convocation from electoral district No 24 (Gegharkunik
marz). He is married and has 3 children.