Artur Baghdasaryan

Arthur Baghdassarjan (Armenian Արթուր Բաղդասարյան, in scientific transliteration Art'owr Bałdasaryan; born November 8, 1968 in Yerevan ) is an Armenian politician.

Career

Arthur Baghdassarjan graduated in 1986 graduated from the Moscow State University from. The political career began in 1995 as a member of Baghdassarjans reigning Armenian President Levon Ter Allnationalen motion -Petrossian. He became known to the general public as host of a television program that the draft Constitution the government introduced ( the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, which had declared on September 21, 1991, regardless of the USSR, was only on 20 May 1991 - some ballots already been elected to free choice, the first National Assembly was chosen in 1995, which was simultaneously voted on a new constitution ) - only on June 3.

In the elections on 5 July 1995 Baghdassarjan moved as a deputy of a Shengavit ( a district of Yerevan ) in the Armenian National Assembly. Both the parliamentary elections and the referendum which the draft Constitution was adopted, were accompanied by major irregularities. While the government crisis in February 1998, he was among a group of deputies who left the Group of the Armenian allnationalen movement and thus has contributed to the resignation of the president.

Baghdassarjan founded the Party country of law and has since been its president. In the following elections on 30 May 1999, he withdrew again to the National Assembly, his party won a total of six out of 131 seats. This success was next to a massive campaign advertising on television in even the charismatic appearance Baghdassarjans that is considered by many observers as populist.

In the elections to the third National Assembly on 25 May 2003 Legal State won 18 seats and thus was by the Republican Party to the second strongest government support fraction. As Group Chairman Baghdassarjan was elected on 12 June 2003 as President of the National Assembly. In Armenia, it is generally believed that the Republican Party is the only under pressure from the President Robert Kocharyan (independent) and Serzh Sargsyan of Defense (then as independent) had agreed and that Sargsyan was the main promoter Baghdassarjans.

Despite the government involvement, he criticized repeatedly open the government. In an interview in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 18 April 2006, he declared that the future of Armenia lies in the EU and NATO, and that Russia should not block Armenia's road to Europe. This is Baghdassarjan distanced for the first time on foreign policy from the rest of government and contributed to the coalition at - the other government parties (in addition to the Republican Party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ) and President Robert Kocharian were no longer prepared the public statements Baghdassarjans to tolerate. On 1 June 2006 Tigran Torossjan was elected as the new parliamentary speaker. Baghdassarjan was one of the leaders of the opposition.