Andranik Margaryan
| Andranik Margaryan Անդրանիկ Մարգարյան |
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| 10th Prime Minister of Armenia | |
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In office May 12, 2000 – March 25, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Aram Sargsyan |
| Succeeded by | Serzh Sargsyan |
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| Born | June 12, 1951 |
| Died | March 25, 2007 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Alma mater | State Engineering University of Armenia |
| Occupation | computer engineer |
Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Նահապետի Մարգարյան, alternative spelling: Andranik Margarian) (12 June 1951 – 25 March 2007) served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party of Armenia. He succeeded the Sargsyan brothers: Vazgen Sargsyan, who was murdered during the Armenian parliament shooting on 27 October 1999 and Aram Sargsyan, whom the President appointed a week later, but fired on 2 May 2000.
Andranik Margaryan was born on June 12, 1951 in Yerevan in what was then the Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union to a family of Armenian Genocide survivors originally from Sasun, Turkey. He studied cybernetics at the Yerevan Polytechnic University and graduated as a computer engineer. He first became engaged in Armenian politics in the late 1970s when he joined an illegal political party, the National Unity Party, that was campaigning for Armenia’s secession from the Soviet Union. He has served on the National Unity Party's board since 1973. Margaryan had been a longtime critic of the totalitarian government of the Soviet Union. He envisioned an independent, democratic Armenia. Police arrested him in 1974 and a court sentenced him to two years in Soviet labor camps for proliferating unpatriotic ideas and activities.
In 1992, after Armenia's independence, Margaryan became a registered member of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), the first registered party in the 3rd Republic of Armenia. He influenced the party platform with the ideology he expressed as a member of the National United Party. He served as the Republican Party's Chairman of the Board from 1993 until his death. He had also been a member of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteer union since 1996 and served on the YVU's board.
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