Eduard Sharmazanov
Armenian politician
Eduard Sharmazanov | |
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Էդուարդ Նոյեմիկ Շարմազանով | |
Vice President of National Assembly | |
In office 12 June 2011 – 14 January 2019 | |
President | Ara 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 party | Republican Party of Armenia |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Armenian 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]