Eduard Sharmazanov

Armenian politician
Eduard Sharmazanov
Էդուարդ Նոյեմիկ Շարմազանով
Vice President of National Assembly
In office
12 June 2011 – 14 January 2019
PresidentAra Babloyan
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 May 2007
Spokesperson of Republican Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born (1975-11-08) 8 November 1975 (age 48)
Alaverdi, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyRepublican Party of Armenia
Children2
Alma materArmenian State Pedagogical University

Eduard Sharmazanov (Armenian: Էդուարդ Շարմազանով; born 8 November 1975) is an Armenian politician.[1] Since 12 June 2011, he has been a Vice President of the National Assembly. After the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election, on 18 May 2017, he was re-elected to that position. Since 2011, he has been the spokesperson of Republican Party of Armenia.

On October 12, after the Armenian defeat on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, he was arrested among other opposition leaders on charges of "illegal conduction of rallies".[2]

References

  1. ^ Biography of Eduard Sharmazanov Official website of the National Assembly of Armenia
  2. ^ Leaders of PAP, Homeland parties, ARF-D Supreme Body member and others arrested for illegal conduction of rallies Aysor, October 12, 2020