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Armen Sarkissian

Also known as Armen Vardani Sarkissian, Armen Vardani Sargsian

4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors of Eurasia House, physicist, diplomat, politician (born 1953)

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Armen Sarkissian is a male politician, physicist, diplomat, and entrepreneur born in Yerevan in 1953. He holds citizenship in the Soviet Union, Armenia, the United Kingdom, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. His professional background includes employment at Yerevan State University, where he was educated, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. He is an independent politician who has served as Prime Minister and President of Armenia.

Sarkissian is affiliated with the Eurasia House International and was a candidate in the 2018 Armenian presidential election. He is the author of the work *Small States Club*. His personal life includes a spouse, Nouneh Sarkissian, and two children. He speaks Armenian, Russian, and English. His religious affiliations include the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church. He has received the Order of St. Gregory the Great.

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It sits within the topics 1952 births, Ambassadors of Armenia to Belgium and Ambassadors of Armenia to Luxembourg.

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Small States Club

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Place of birth: Yerevan
Spouse: Nouneh Sarkissian
Occupation: computer scientist
Position held: President of Armenia
Educated at: Yerevan State University
Employer: Yerevan State University
Political party: independent politician
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Armenian Catholic Church
Image: President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 2

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date of birth: 1953-06-23
Commons category: Armen Sarkissian
name in native language: Արմեն Վարդանի Սարգսյան
candidacy in election: 2018 Armenian presidential election
social media followers: 41825
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affiliation string: Eurasia House International
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Physics
number of viewers/listeners: 1646836
member of: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

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Encyclopedic overview

Armen Vardani Sarkissian (Armenian: Արմեն Վարդանի Սարգսյան; born 23 June 1953) is an Armenian politician, physicist, investor, businessman, and computer scientist who was the 4th president of Armenia from 2018 to 2022. He also was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1996 to 1997. He was the first president of post-Soviet Armenia born in the former Armenian SSR.

Sarkissian has been one of the longest serving ambassadors of any country to the United Kingdom, a role to which he was first appointed in 1992-1996, before returning in 1998 and 2013. He was also Armenia's maiden ambassador to the Vatican, the European Union, NATO, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium, and served as "Senior Ambassador" to Europe.

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