ARAM SAFARIAN UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF NA STANDING COMMITTEE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Noyan Tapan
Feb 23, 2010

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Aram Safarian, a member of
the NA Standing Committee of Human Rights and Public Affairs, the
Secretary of the Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) NA faction,
was unanimously elected Chairman of the Committee on February 23
through a secret ballot.

According to the information published by Chairman of the NA Ad-hoc
Calculation Committee, RPA member Gagik Melikian, 84 of 131 deputies
took part in the voting. 82 deputies voted for the only candidate. 2
ballot-papers were invalidated.

A. Safarian was born on October 3 1962 in Yerevan. In 1984 he graduated
from the History Department of Yerevan State University, in 1987
post-graduate department of the same faculty. He is a candidate of
philological sciences (journalism). In 1994 he received the diplomatic
title of an advisor. On May 12 2007 he was elected NA deputy by the
proportional system, from the Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia)
party. He is a member of the BH Political Board.

He is married, has two children.