Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan has died of heart attack
ArmRadio.am
25.03.2007 16:45
We inform with great sorrow that the Prime Minister of the Republic of
Armenia Andranik Margaryan has died of heart attack at the age of
56. President Robert Kocharyan has called the senior leadership of the
republic to emergency talks.
Andranik Margaryan was born on June 12, 1951 in Yerevan. From 1967 to
1972 he studied cybernetics at the Yerevan Engineering University and
graduated as a computer engineer.
>From 1972 to 1974 he worked at the Yerevan branch of the Soviet
Research Institute of Gas Production as researcher, senior engineer.
>From 1977 to 1978 he worked at the Power Engineering Research
Institute of Armenia as chief engineer.
>From 1978 to 1979 he worked at the Electrical Engineering Factory as
Head of the Computer Department.
>From 1979 to 1990 he worked at the Informational Computing Center of
the Ministry of Trade as Head of the Electronics Department.
>From 1990 to 1994 he worked at the State Agency of Special Programs
as Head of the Information Department.
>From 1994 to 1995 he worked at the State Engineering University of
Armenia as junior researcher.
>From 1995 to 1999 he was a Deputy of the National Assembly of the
first convocation.
In 1999 he was again elected Deputy and headed the `Union’ faction of
the parliamentary majority.
>From May 2000 he was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.
After the parliamentary elections of 2003 Andranik Margaryan held his
position, ruling the coalition formed as a result of the elections.
Andranik Margaryan had been involved in politics ever since 1965. In
1968 he joined the underground United National Party, in 1973 he was
elected to the Council of the party. He was a critic of the
totalitarian Soviet system. He saw the future of the Armenian people
in a democratic and independent state.
In 1974 he was jailed for two years for his ideas and activity.
>From 1992 he was the member of the Republican Party of Armenia ` an
heir of the ideas of the United National Party. During 1993-1997 and
1998-2000 he was the President of the Republican Party’s Council. He
was the President of the Republican Party during 1997-1998, and was
reelected in 2005.
>From 1998 he was a member of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers and
later a member of the Bureau.
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of declaration of independence
of the Republic of Armenia for his contribution to the development of
statehood and economic development Andranik Margaryan was awarded
`Vazgen Sargsyan’ and ` Garegin Nzhdeh’ medals of RA Ministry of
Defense, `Vazgen Sargsyan’ order, ` Aram Manukyan’ medal of RA Police
and `Fridtjof Nansen’ medal of the Nansen Fund.
Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan has two daughters, a son and five
grandchildren.