Andranik Tevanyan
Andranik Tevanyan | |
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| Member of National Assembly | |
| In office 1 August 2021 – 17 August 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andranik Noriki Tevanyan 5 May 1974 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Mother Armenia Alliance (2023-present) Armenia Alliance (until 2023) |
| Alma mater | National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia National Polytechnic University of Armenia |
Andranik Noriki Tevanyan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Նորիկի Թևանյան; born 5 May 1974) is an Armenian politician who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2021 and 2023. He is the leader of the Mother Armenia Alliance in which he founded.
Early life and education
[edit]Tevanyan was born on 5 May 1974 in Yerevan.[1][2] In 1997, he graduated from National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, Faculty of Construction Economics and Management. In 1999, he graduated from the "Engineering Management" department of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia with a degree in engineering.[3]
Career
[edit]From 1999 to 2000, Tevanyan was an advisor to the Minister of Economy, and from 2000 to 2001, he was the chief editor of the news program of "Ar" TV Company, the executive director of the TV company. In 2001, he was the host of the economic-analytical program of Public Television. From 2002 to 2006, he taught at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia, and from 2003 to 2013 at the Russian-Armenian University. In 2009, the "7 Or" news analytical website was founded at the "Polytekonomy" research institute in which Tevanyan founded.[4]
Politics
[edit]In June 2021, Tevanyan was elected to the National Assembly as part of the Armenia Alliance.[5][6]
On 9 August 2023, Tevanyan founded the Mother Armenia Alliance in Yerevan.[7] He left the Armenia Alliance and resigned from his post in the National Assembly in order to run in the 2023 Yerevan City Council election.[8] In that election, his party won 12 seats in the Yerevan City Council, gaining 15.43% of the vote.[9]
On 19 September 2023, Tevanyan called for the impeachment of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and he was arrested by police two days later, during protests in Yerevan.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliament Monitoring - Թեւանյան Անդրանիկ Նորիկի". parliamentmonitoring.am. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "National Assembly of Armenia". parliament.am. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Անդրանիկ Թևանյան". www.bok.am. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ ["Մահացել է Անդրանիկ Թևանյանի հայրը". www.7or.am. Retrieved 2021-08-07.]
- ^ "ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԺՈՂՈՎԻ ՊԱՏԳԱՄԱՎՈՐՆԵՐ ԳՐԱՆՑԵԼՈՒ ԵՎ ՄԱՆԴԱՏՆԵՐ ՏՐԱՄԱԴՐԵԼՈՒ ՄԱՍԻՆ" (PDF). res.elections.am. 8 July 2021.
- ^ "«Հայաստան» դաշինքի թեկնածուները 156-ն են". Hetq.am. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Տեղի է ունեցել «Մայր Հայաստան» դաշինքի հիմնադիր հավաքը". 9 August 2023.
- ^ Ռ/Կ, «Ազատություն» (August 10, 2023). "Թևանյանը վայր է դնում պատգամավորի մանդատը, ընտրություններին կգլխավորի «Մայր Հայաստան» դաշինքը". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» Ռադիոկայան – via www.azatutyun.am.
- ^ "Central Electoral Commission issues preliminary results of Yerevan municipal elections". news.am. September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Andranik Tevanyan proposes to impeach and remove Nikol Pashinyan". 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Opposition Mother Armenia bloc leader Andranik Tevanyan being transferred to Investigative Committee". News.am. 22 September 2023. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.