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Serzh A. Sargsyan(Sargsyan; Armenian Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, June 30, 1954, Stepanakert, NKAO, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) - Armenian political, statesman and military leader. President of Armenia since 2008.
Serzh A. Sargsyan
Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան
President of Armenia since April 9, 2008
Preceded by: Robert Sedrakovich Kocharyan
Prime Minister of Armenia April 4, 2007 - April 9, 2008
Minister of Defense of Armenia 2000 - 2007
Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia 1996 - 1999
Preceded by: Vano Smbatovich Siradeghyan
Successor: Suren Dzhangirovich Abrahamyan
Minister of National Security of Armenia 1995-1996
Minister of Defense of Armenia 1993-1995
Confession: Armenian Apostolic Church
Born: June 30, 1954
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Spouse: Rita A. Sargsyan
Children: daughters: Anush and Satenik
Party: RPA (since 2006)
Education: Yerevan State University
Profession: philologist
Father Serzh Sargsyan, Azat Sargsyan, was born in the Teg village of the Goris region of Armenia. In 1937, due to the repression of his father, the Sargsyan family moved to the city of Stepanakert. Serzh Sargsyan was born in Stepanakert (NKAO, Azerbaijan SSR) in 1954. In addition to his native Armenian, he speaks Russian and English, as well as Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Serzh Sargsyan's career
1971-1979 - Yerevan State University. Philologist.
1972-1974 - served in the armed forces of the USSR.
1975-1979 - Yerevan Electrotechnical Plant - locksmith.
1979-1988 - Stepanakert city committee of the Komsomol - head of department, second secretary, first secretary, head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Stepanakert city committee of the Communist Party, assistant to the first secretary of the NK regional committee.
1989-1993 - headed the NKR self-defense forces committee.
1990-1993 - Deputy of the Supreme Council of Armenia.
1993-1995 - was the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia. During his tenure as Minister of Defense, an agreement was reached with the NKR and Azerbaijan on a ceasefire.
1995-1996 - Head of the State Security Department of the Republic of Armenia, then Minister of National Security of the Republic of Armenia.
1996-1999 - Minister of Internal Affairs and National Security of the Republic of Armenia.
1999-2000 - Head of the Presidential Administration of Armenia.
1999-2007 - Secretary of the National Security Council under the President of the Republic of Armenia.
2000-2007 - Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.
Since November 2007, he has been elected as the Chairman of the RPA. He is the Chairman of the Council of Yerevan State University and the President of the Chess Federation of the Republic of Armenia.
2007-2008 - was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. RPA member (since 2006).
February 19, 2008 - Elected President of Armenia.
February 18, 2013 - Re-elected President of Armenia.
Serzh Sargsyan's family
He got married in 1983. Wife - Rita Aleksandrovna Sargsyan, was born in Stepanakert into a military family. She is a music teacher by profession.
Serzh Sargsyan's daughters - Anush and Satenik.
Serzh Sargsyan's brothers - Alexander Sargsyan, Levon Sargsyan.
Serzh Sargsyan's awards
Order of the Battle Cross, 1st class
Order of Tigran the Great
Hero of Artsakh
Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor (France, 2011)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (France, 2014)
Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia, 2009)
Order of Honor (Georgia, 2008)
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise I degree (Ukraine, July 2011)
Medal "10 years of Astana" (Kazakhstan)
Order of Merit for the Kaliningrad Region (November 3, 2009) - for special merits in establishing economic, scientific, educational and cultural ties between the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia
Medal of Honor "Alice Island" (National Ethnic Coalition of US Organizations) - for the development of Armenian-American relations (2011)
Serzh A. Sargsyanwas born on June 30, 1954 in the city of Stepanakert. Like any real man, he served in the army in 1973-1974. After the army he entered the Yerevan State University, in 1979 he received a diploma in the specialty "philologist". After graduation, he returned to Stepanakert and until 1985 was engaged in social and political activities. In 1988 Serge Azatovich takes the helmArtsakh movement»( Artsakh(Armenian) - Nagorno-Karabakh). The main idea of this party is the return of Nagorno-Karabakh to its historical possessions - to Armenia.
Let us recall the essence of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Karabakh war, like many conflicts of the 20th century, did not have any important background. Everything was simple and at the same time incomprehensible: how could one fight like this with such real reasons? The main reason for the conflict was the location of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh according to the documents, it belonged to the Azerbaijan SSR and the Armenian population living in the territory did not want to change their foundations and religion. This is exactly what the Azerbaijani authorities demanded and in return guaranteed a peaceful life for the Armenian people. Since Azerbaijanis are Muslims and Armenians are Christians, the Azerbaijanis also demanded a change of faith. The Armenian people, having relatively recently recovered from, were again subjected to infringement of their rights and deprived of freedom of choice. Initially Karabakh was considered an Armenian land and only after unknown circumstances, became an Azerbaijani land. As a result, the two peoples began to fight not so much for the land, but for defending their views. Descendants of both peoples still consider Nagorno-Karabakh "a constantly bleeding wound of two peaceful peoples."
Serge Azatovich, as a man defending his rights and the rights of his people, with the same caring people created a party aimed at restoring justice. Many historians and people present during the hostilities noted that it was Sargsyan's strategies that were the most effective and victorious. Under his leadership, the Lachino-Kelbajar corridor was created, which connected Karabakh with Armenia. This meant that Sargsyan led the troops to victory.
All the merits of Serge Azatovich were not unnoticed for the people of Armenia and the establishment of justice. In August 1993, after successful operations for the conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh, Serzh Sargsyan was appointed Minister of Defense of Armenia. The appointment decree was signed by the President of Armenia. After merits in Nagorno-Karabakh and as the Minister of Defense, Sargsyan very rapidly rose through the ranks. In 1995 he was appointed chairman of the national security committee, and in 1996 he was appointed minister of the joint ministry of the interior and national security.
After such an impressive list of merits, honors and titles, after the resignation of the incumbent President Ter-Petrosyan, the people of Armenia wanted to see Sargsyan as the head of the country. All politicians and political critics were waiting for Sargsyan in the list of candidates for the post of the head of Armenia, but this did not happen. Neither Sargsyan himself nor his associates nominated a candidate, and moreover, this was not even in the plans. Sargsyan supported his comrade-in-arms and colleague in the "Artsakh Movement", who won the elections for the post of the head of Armenia in 1998. After Kocharian's appointment as head of state, Sargsyan, as a loyal friend and assistant, was always there. Many Russian political critics later began to draw some kind of analogy with another indestructible political alliance, which is known to everyone in Russia.
In September 2007, Robert Kocharian stated that he would like to see no one else but Sargsyan as the next head of Armenia: “There is no one more just than Serzh Azatovich. He is rooting for his people, for his Motherland. " After an unquestioning victory in the 2008 elections, on April 9, Serzh Sargsyan took the place of the incumbent president of Armenia. Considering the love of the people, no one had even the slightest doubt about the honesty of the procedure for electing the president.
In August 2008, Serge Azatovich expressed his extreme concern over the fate of the Russian and Ossetian people in the unexpectedly started war in Tskhinvali. Those close to Sargsyan say that as an excellent military leader, Serzh Azatovich closely followed the military actions and decisions taken at that difficult time for Russia by Medvedev. However, Sargsyan did not make any official statements and did not comment on this situation in any way. In September 2008, Sargsyan signed a declaration conditionally supporting Russia's actions. Later it was said that this declaration was similar to the once signed Warsaw Pact.
In October 2008, on the initiative of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an agreement was signed between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict. This agreement stated that the heads of state undertake to peacefully resolve all conflicts associated with this territory and ignore all the "inclinations" of hostilities from the opposite side. After signing the treaty, the heads of state shook hands and went to discuss the event behind closed doors.
It should also be noted that Sargsyan continuously monitors relations with Turkey. After the well-known Armenian genocide, these relations can hardly be called friendly, but politicians try to keep neutrality in their communication and in the settlement of any emerging issues. So, for example, noticing the deteriorating relations, Serge Azatovich invited the Turkish leader to pay a friendly visit to Armenia. After this meeting, relations returned to normal and stabilized, although no one still knows what the heads of state talked about behind closed doors after watching a football match.
Having visited many forums where Serzh Sargsyan's rule is discussed, it is very difficult to find any negative comments about this politician. Below are some excerpts, the authors' spelling has been preserved:
Anush, music teacher: “After the appearance of Serge Azatovich, my whole family saw only him as the head of state. In our time, it is very difficult to find not only a politician, but an ordinary person who is so sincerely rooting for his people. Our president is a true patriot and a hero of our time. "
Arayik, local market seller: “After Serzh Sargsyan became our president, things got better. No more frenzied taxes, the economy has settled. As a self-employed person, it was very important to me. After all, I got as much as I sold. And what profit can I have if no one buys at such prices? "
Fenya, housewife: “A lot of my relatives lived in Nagorno-Karabakh in the 90s. Constant fear for their loved ones, and just for their people. Our people have gone through so much: genocide, a terrible earthquake that killed so many people. My brother lived in Karabakh and constantly called me, told me about some Sargsyan. I didn't understand who he was talking about, especially at the very beginning. But after what he did for the people of Karabakh, for our people, for me this is a superman. "
Naira, manager: “After Serge Azatovich began his reign, many branches and industries went up. In the hands of a competent ruler, the people do not feel infringed on any rights, there is no need to hait such a person at every corner. He did a lot for Armenia, being not a president, he did not want fame and honors. All the people living on the territory of Armenia respect and love Serge, they are proud that such a person is Armenian "
Serge Azatovich is revered not only by the people of Armenia, but also by politically savvy residents of many states. For example, references to Sargsyan can be found in Iranian sources. There, along with his name, the word “ fedayeen", Which means" a person who sacrifices himself in the name of an idea, faith. " Of course, this source is talking about Sargsyan's participation in the Karabakh conflict and his actions aimed at resolving this conflict.
In August 2015, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and the President of Armenia Serzh Azatovich Sargsyan met.President of Armeniacame to Moscow for a business visit: the heads of state discussed the specifics of political, trade and economic cooperation and many issues not covered by the press. It is not a secret for anyone that Russia and Armenia are in excellent political relations and the fact that Armenia has support in the person of Russia is also not a secret.
Serge Azatovich is married and has two daughters. They have been married with their wife Rita since 1983. Rita Sargsyan is an example for many Armenian girls. Serge Azatovich attends events only with his wife, together they are the personification of a real Caucasian family.
- 2007
| Defense Minister of Armenia |
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Serzh Azatovich Sargsyan (Sargsyan; arm. Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան , June 30, Stepanakert, NKAO, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) - Armenian political, state and military leader. President of Armenia since 2008.
Biography
Serzh Sargsyan's father, Azat Sargsyan, was born in the Teg village of the Goris region of Armenia. In 1937, due to the repression of his father, the Sargsyan family moved to the city of Stepanakert. Serzh Sargsyan was born in Stepanakert (NKAO, Azerbaijan SSR) in 1954.
- - - Yerevan State University. Philologist.
- - - served in the armed forces of the USSR.
- - - Yerevan Electrotechnical Plant - locksmith.
- - - Stepanakert city committee of the Komsomol - head of a department, second secretary, first secretary, head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Stepanakert city committee of the Communist Party, assistant to the first secretary of the NK regional committee.
- - - headed the NKR self-defense forces committee.
- - - Deputy of the Supreme Council of Armenia.
- - - Minister of Defense of Armenia. During his tenure as Minister of Defense, an agreement was reached with the NKR and Azerbaijan on a ceasefire.
- - - Head of the State Security Department of the Republic of Armenia, then Minister of National Security of the Republic of Armenia.
- - - Minister of Internal Affairs and National Security of the Republic of Armenia.
- - - Head of the Presidential Administration of Armenia.
- - - Secretary of the National Security Council under the President of the Republic of Armenia.
- - - Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.
- Since November - elected as the chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia after the death of Andranik Margaryan. He is the Chairman of the Council of Yerevan State University and the President of the Chess Federation of the Republic of Armenia.
- - - was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. RPA member (c).
- February 19 - Elected President of Armenia.
- February 18 - Re-elected President of Armenia.
A family
He got married in 1983. Wife - Rita Aleksandrovna Sargsyan, was born in Stepanakert into a military family. By profession - a music teacher.
- Daughters - Anush and Satenik.
- Brothers - Alexander Sargsyan, Levon Sargsyan.
Knowledge
In addition to his native Armenian, he speaks Russian and English, as well as Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Awards and titles
- Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor (France, 2011)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (France, 2014)
- Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia, 2009)
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise I degree (Ukraine, July 2011)
- Chain of the Order of Merit pro Merito Melitensi (Order of Malta,)
- Medal "10 years of Astana" (Kazakhstan)
- Order of Merit for the Kaliningrad Region (November 3, 2009) - for special merits in establishing economic, scientific, educational and cultural ties between the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia
- Medal of Honor "Alice Island" (National Ethnic Coalition of US Organizations) - for the development of Armenian-American relations (2011)
- Professor Emeritus, Peking University
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Prince Andrey stayed in Brunne with his acquaintance, the Russian diplomat Bilibin.“Ah, my dear prince, there is no more pleasant guest,” said Bilibin, going out to meet Prince Andrey. - Franz, the prince's things in my bedroom! - he turned to the servant who saw Bolkonsky off. - What, a herald of victory? Perfectly. And I am sitting sick, as you can see.
Prince Andrey, having washed and dressed, went into the luxurious office of the diplomat and sat down to the prepared dinner. Bilibin calmly sat down by the fireplace.
Prince Andrew, not only after his journey, but also after the entire campaign, during which he was deprived of all the comforts of purity and grace of life, experienced a pleasant feeling of relaxation among those luxurious living conditions to which he was accustomed from childhood. In addition, after the Austrian reception, he was pleased to speak, at least not in Russian (they spoke French), but with a Russian man who, he assumed, shared a general Russian disgust (now felt especially vividly) for the Austrians.
Bilibin was a man of about thirty-five, single, of the same company with Prince Andrey. They had known each other back in Petersburg, but they got to know each other even better on the last visit of Prince Andrey to Vienna with Kutuzov. As Prince Andrey was a young man promising to go far in the military field, so, and even more, promised Bilibin in the diplomatic one. He was still a young man, but already an elderly diplomat, since he began serving at the age of sixteen, was in Paris, in Copenhagen and now occupied a rather significant position in Vienna. Both the chancellor and our envoy in Vienna knew him and treasured him. He was not one of the many diplomats who must have only negative dignities, not do well-known things and speak French in order to be very good diplomats; he was one of those diplomats who love and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he sometimes spent nights at his desk. He worked equally well, whatever the essence of the job. He was not interested in the question "why?", But the question "how?" What the diplomatic affair consisted of, he didn't care; but to draw up skillfully, neatly and gracefully a circular, memorandum or report - in this he found great pleasure. Bilibin's merits were valued, in addition to written works, also for his art of addressing and speaking in higher spheres.
Bilibin loved conversation as much as he loved work, only when the conversation could be gracefully witty. In society, he constantly waited for an opportunity to say something wonderful and entered into a conversation only under these conditions. Bilibin's conversation was constantly peppered with originally witty, complete phrases of common interest.
These phrases were made in Bilibin's internal laboratory, as if on purpose, of a portable nature, so that insignificant secular people could conveniently memorize them and transfer them from living rooms to living rooms. Indeed, les mots de Bilibine se colportaient dans les salons de Vienne, [Bilibin's comments spread through the Viennese drawing rooms] and often influenced so-called important matters.
His thin, emaciated, yellowish face was all covered with large wrinkles, which always seemed as cleanly and diligently washed as fingertips after a bath. The movements of these wrinkles were the main play of his physiognomy. Now his forehead wrinkled in wide folds, his eyebrows went up, then his eyebrows went down, and large wrinkles formed on his cheeks. Deeply set, small eyes always looked straight and cheerfully.
“Well, now tell us your exploits,” he said.
Bolkonsky in the most modest way, without ever mentioning himself, told the case and the reception of the Minister of War.
- Ils m "ont recu avec ma nouvelle, comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles, [They received me with this news, as they accept a dog when it interferes with the game of bowling pins," he concluded.
Bilibin grinned and loosened the folds of his skin.
“Cependant, mon cher,” he said, examining his fingernail from afar and picking up the skin above his left eye, “malgre la haute estime que je professe pour le the Russian Orthodox army, j" avoue que votre victoire n "est pas des plus victorieuses. [However, my dear, with all my respect for the Russian Orthodox army, I believe that your victory is not one of the most brilliant.]
He continued in the same way in French, pronouncing in Russian only those words that he contemptuously wanted to emphasize.
- How? You with all your mass fell upon the unfortunate Mortier with one division, and this Mortier goes between your hands? Where is the victory?
- However, seriously speaking, - answered Prince Andrey, - all the same we can say without boasting that it is a little better than Ulm ...
- Why didn't you take us one, at least one marshal?
- Because not everything is done as expected, and not as regularly as at the parade. We thought, as I told you, to go to the rear by seven o'clock in the morning, and did not come even by five in the evening.
- Why didn't you come at seven o'clock in the morning? You should have come at seven o'clock in the morning, ”Bilibin said smiling,“ you should have come at seven o'clock in the morning.
- Why didn't you inspire Bonaparte through diplomatic means that he'd better leave Genoa? - Prince Andrew said in the same tone.
“I know,” interrupted Bilibin, “you think it is very easy to take marshals from sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace. It's true, but still, why didn't you take it? And do not be surprised that not only the Minister of War, but also the august emperor and king Franz will not be very happy with your victory; and I, the unfortunate secretary of the Russian embassy, do not feel any need to give my Franz a thaler as a sign of joy and let him go with his Liebchen [dear] to the Prater ... True, there is no Prater here.
He looked directly at Prince Andrew and suddenly pulled down the collected skin from his forehead.
“Now it’s my turn to ask you why, my dear,” said Bolkonsky. - I confess to you that I do not understand, maybe there are diplomatic subtleties above my weak mind, but I do not understand: Mac is losing an entire army, Archduke Ferdinand and Archduke Karl do not give any signs of life and make mistakes after mistakes, finally, one Kutuzov wins a real victory, destroys the charme of the French, and the Minister of War is not even interested in knowing the details.
- It is from this, my dear. Voyez vous, mon cher: [You see, my dear:] hurray! for the tsar, for Russia, for the faith! Tout ca est bel et bon, [all this is fine and good,] but what do we, I say - the Austrian court, care about your victories? Bring us your good news about the victory of Archduke Karl or Ferdinand - un archiduc vaut l "autre, [one archduke is worth the other,] as you know, even over Bonaparte's fire brigade, that's another matter, we'll thunder into the cannons. As if on purpose, he can only tease us. Archduke Karl does nothing, Archduke Ferdinand is covered with shame. You leave Vienna, you do not defend anymore, comme si vous nous disiez: [as if you told us:] God is with us, and God is with you, with your capital. One general whom we all loved, Schmitt: you bring him under the bullet and congratulate us on the victory! comme un fait expres. [It's as if on purpose, as on purpose.] Besides, well, if you won a brilliant victory for sure, even Archduke Karl won a victory, what would that change in the general course of affairs? It is too late now that Vienna is occupied by French troops.
- How busy? Is Vienna busy?
“Not only busy, but Bonaparte is in Schönbrunn, and the count, our dear Count Vrbna, goes to him for orders.
Bolkonsky, after being tired and overwhelmed by the impressions of travel, reception, and especially after dinner, felt that he did not understand the full meaning of the words he heard.
“Count Lichtenfels was here this morning,” Bilibin continued, “and showed me a letter in which the French parade in Vienna is described in detail. Le prince Murat et tout le tremblement ... [Prince Murat and all that ...] You see that your victory is not very happy, and that you cannot be accepted as a savior ...
- Really, it's all the same to me, absolutely all the same! - said Prince Andrew, beginning to understand that his news of the battle at Krems really was of little importance in view of such events as the occupation of the capital of Austria. - How was Vienna taken? And the bridge and the famous tete de pont, [bridge fortification,] and Prince Auersperg? We had rumors that Prince Auersperg was defending Vienna, ”he said.
- Prince Auersperg stands on this, on our, side and protects us; I think it protects very poorly, but still protects. Vienna is on the other side. No, the bridge has not yet been taken and, I hope, will not be taken, because it has been mined and ordered to be blown up. Otherwise, we would have been in the mountains of Bohemia for a long time, and you and your army would have spent a bad quarter of an hour between two fires.
“But this still does not mean that the campaign is over,” said Prince Andrey.
- And I think it's over. And so think the big caps here, but dare not say it. It will be what I said at the beginning of the campaign, that it is not your echauffouree de Durenstein, [the Durenstein skirmish,] not gunpowder at all, but those who invented it, ”Bilibin said, repeating one of his mots [words], loosening his skin on the forehead and pausing. - The only question is what the Berlin meeting of Emperor Alexander with the Prussian king will say. If Prussia enters into an alliance, on forcera la main a l "Autriche, [Austria will be forced] and there will be war. If not, then the point is only to agree on where to compose the initial articles of the new Samro Formio. [Campo Formio.]
“But what an extraordinary genius! - Prince Andrew suddenly cried out, squeezing his small hand and hitting the table with it. - And what a happiness to this man!
- Buonaparte? [Buonaparte?] - Bilibin said inquiringly, wrinkling his forehead and thus giving the feeling that now there will be un mot [word]. - Bu onaparte? He said, striking especially at u. - I think, however, that now that he prescribes the Austrian law from Schönbrunn, il faut lui faire grace de l "u. [Must be rid of and.] I decisively make an innovation and call it Bonaparte tout court [simply Bonaparte].
- No, no kidding, - said Prince Andrey, - do you really think that the campaign is over?
- That's what I think. Austria was left in a fool, and she was not used to it. And she will pay back. And she remained a fool because, firstly, the provinces were ruined (on dit, le Orthodox est terrible pour le pillage), [they say that the Orthodox is terrible in terms of looting,] the army is defeated, the capital is taken, and all this is pour les beaux yeux du [for the sake of beautiful eyes] Sardinian majesty. And that is why - entre nous, mon cher [between us, my dear] - I can hear with instinct that we are being deceived, I can hear with instinct relations with France and projects of peace, a secret peace, separately concluded.
- It can't be! - said Prince Andrey, - that would be too disgusting.
- Qui vivra verra, [We'll wait and see,] - said Bilibin, again unraveling the skin as a sign of the end of the conversation.
When Prince Andrey came to the room prepared for him and lay down in clean linen on down jackets and fragrant heated pillows, he felt that the battle he had brought news about was far, far away from him. The Prussian Union, the treason of Austria, Bonaparte's new triumph, the exit and parade, and the reception of Emperor Franz for tomorrow occupied him.
He closed his eyes, but at the same instant a cannonade crackled in his ears, firing, the sound of the wheels of the carriage, and again muskaters stretched out with a thread descend from the mountain, and the French are shooting, and he feels his heart shudder, and he drives forward next to Schmitt, and the bullets whistle merrily around him, and he experiences a sense of tenfold joy of life, which he has not experienced since childhood.
He woke up ...
"Yes, it was all! ..." he said, happily, childishly smiling to himself, and fell asleep in a sound, young sleep.
The next day he woke up late. Renewing the impressions of the past, he remembered first of all that today it is necessary to introduce himself to Emperor Franz, he remembered the Minister of War, the courteous Austrian aide-de-camp, Bilibin and the conversation of yesterday evening. Dressed in full dress uniform, which he had not put on for a long time, for the trip to the palace, he, fresh, lively and handsome, with a tied hand, entered Bilibin's office. There were four gentlemen of the diplomatic corps in the office. Bolkonsky was familiar with Prince Ippolit Kuragin, who was the secretary of the embassy; Bilibin introduced him to others.
Serzh A. Sargsyan was born on June 30, 1954, in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, Azerbaijan SSR (Stepanakert, NKO, Azerbaijan SSR). He entered Yerevan State University in 1971, served in the Soviet Armed Forces in 1971-1972. and graduated from the philological faculty of the same university in 1979.
His career officially began in 1975 at the Yerevan Electrical Equipment Plant. In 1979, Sargsyan headed the Committee of the Youth Association of the Communist Party of the city of Stepanakert. Then he became second secretary, first secretary of the Stepanakert city committee of the Komsomol of Azerbaijan and the head of the propaganda department of the Stepanakert city committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.
Sargsyan was also an assistant to the first secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh regional committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Genrikh Poghosyan. Due to the growing tension in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, Serge Azatovich became the chairman of the committee of the self-defense forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and was subsequently elected to the Supreme Soviet of Armenia in 1990.
From 1993 to 1995, Sargsyan remained the Minister of Defense of Armenia. From 1995 to 1996, he was the head of the State Committee for National Security, and then served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Security. From 1999 to 2000, Serge Azatovich was the chief of staff of President Robert Kocharyan.
From 1999 to 2007, Sargsyan served as secretary of the National Security Council headed by President Kocharian, and from 2000 to 2007 as defense minister. On April 4, 2007, after the sudden death of Andranik Margaryan, Sargsyan was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.
Enlisting the support of Kocharian, Sargsyan was considered the main contender for the presidency in the February 2008 elections. According to preliminary results, Serge Azatovich, with 53% of the vote, was well ahead of the runner-up Levon Ter-Petrossian. The 2008 presidential elections were regarded by the OSCE, the European Union and Western observers as free and fair.
However, supporters of Ter-Petrosyan, challenging the official results, during the week after the elections held large protests in Yerevan (Yerevan), which were terminated with the use of force on March 1, 2008; 10 people (8 protesters and 2 police officers) were killed. The state of emergency in the country was in effect from March 1 to March 20, 2008.
Sargsyan was sworn in on April 9, 2008 at the Yerevan Opera House. He appointed Tigran Sargsyan, who was then chairman of the Central Bank and was not a member of a political party, as prime minister.
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On February 18, 2013, Serge Azatovich was re-elected to the presidency - with 58.64% of the vote. In 2015, a constitutional referendum was held in the country, as a result of which Armenia was transformed from a semi-presidential country into a parliamentary republic.
In July 2016, Armenians protested in Yerevan, demanding the release of all political prisoners and removing Sargsyan from office in order to put an end to his corruption activities, of which he was accused by Armenian protesters. The National Security Service of Armenia called the event a "terrorist" attack, but a huge number of Armenian citizens did not agree with this interpretation.
Shortly after April 9, 2018, when Sargsyan took office, Sargsyan was elected prime minister. The opposition called the incident a "seizure of power," and large-scale protests were launched against Sargsyan. The discontent bore fruit, and Serge Azatovich resigned on April 23, 2018. He was replaced by former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan.
According to the "secret documents" of American diplomats from the WikiLeaks website, a message was sent to the third president of Armenia from John Negroponte. The latter allegedly issued an ultimatum to Sargsyan to prevent the sale of weapons by Armenia to Iran, which happened earlier in 2003. The WikiLeaks website claimed that the weapon crippled lives and killed American soldiers.
In 1983, Sargsyan married Rita Alexandrovna, who gave birth to two daughters, Anush and Satenik. The couple have two granddaughters, Mariam and Rita, and two grandchildren, Ara and Serge. Sargsyan is the chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation. In addition to his native Armenian, the politician speaks fluent Russian.
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Biography, life story of Serzh Azatovich Sargsyan
Sargasyan (Sargsyan) Serzh Azatovich is an Armenian politician and statesman. Former President of the Republic of Armenia (2008-2018), Former Prime Minister of Armenia (2007-2008, 2018).
early years
Serzh Sargasyan was born in Stepanakert (Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region of the Azerbaijan SSR) on June 30, 1954. Grew up with brothers Alexander and Levon.
After graduating from high school, Serge entered the Faculty of Philology at the Yerevan State University. He studied there from 1971 to 1979, taking a break from 1972 to 1974 - at this time, Sargasyan was doing military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR.
Labor activity
From 1975 to 1979, while still a university student, Serzh Sargsyan worked as a turner at the Yerevan Electrotechnical Plant. Then from 1979 to 1988 he worked in the Komsomol and party bodies. He was the head of a department in the Stepanakert city committee of the Komsomol of Azerbaijan, then there he was the second, and then the first secretary. He held the post of head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Stepanakert city committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. For some time he was an assistant to the first secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh regional committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Henrikh Poghosyan.
In 1988, Serge Azatovich became one of the leaders of the "Karabakh Movement" public movement, which demanded the annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. In 1989, Sargsyan became a member of the Armenian National Movement party. In 1990, Serge Azatovich was elected a deputy of the Supreme Council of Armenia. In the period 1990-1991, Sargsyan was the manager of the Nagorno-Karabakh branch of the Intourist company.
In 1991, Serzh Sargsyan became a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In 1992 he was the chairman of the Defense Committee, until 1993 - Acting Minister of Defense of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
In 1993-1995 Sargasyan was the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia. 1995-1996 - Head of the State Committee for National Security of Armenia. 1996-1999 - Minister of Internal Affairs and National Security of Armenia. In 1999, Serge Azatovich became the head of the presidential administration of Armenia, later - the secretary of the national security council under the president.
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In 2000, Sargsyan became the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia. In 2007-2008, Serge Azatovich was the prime minister of Armenia, and then he was elected president. It is important to note that after Sargsyan's victory in the elections, mass protests took place in Yerevan - those who disagreed claimed that multiple violations were committed during the elections, and demanded to reconsider the voting results. Despite the unrest and unrest, on April 9, 2008, Sargsyan nevertheless took office as president. On February 19, 2013, he was re-elected for a second term. On April 9, 2018, Armen Sargsyan, a former prime minister, took the presidency, and Serzh Sargsyan sat in his prime minister's chair. Mass protests began again in the country - citizens were dissatisfied with the fact that Sargsyan became the head of government. As a result, on April 23, 2018, Serge Azatovich voluntarily resigned, while retaining his political influence - he remained the leader of the Republican Party of Armenia.
A family
In 1983 Serge Azatovich married Rita Aleksandrovna, a music teacher from Stepanakert, a military daughter. Serge and Rita had two daughters - Anush and Satenik.
Interesting Facts
Sargasyan mastered Russian, English, Azerbaijani and Turkish languages at a high level.
Serge Azatovich - Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Yerevan State University and President of the Chess Federation of the Republic of Armenia. He is also an honorary professor at Peking University.
Serzh Sargsyan is the owner of many different awards, including: Order of the Battle Cross of the 1st degree, Order of Tigran the Great, Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of Honor, Order of the Prince