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Vahan Badasyan

Member of Parliament, Republic of Mountainous Karabakh (MKR) Member of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyan Parliamentary faction in MKR Member of the MKR Parliamentary Standing Committee on State and Legal Issues Vahan Badasyan was born in 1968 in the village of Khantsadzor in the region of Hadrut of Mountainous Karabakh. In 2001 he graduated from architecture department of…

Kamo Barseghyan

Member of Parliament, Republic of Mountainous Karabakh (MKR) Secretary of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Parliamentary faction in MKR Deputy Chair of the MKR Parliamentary Standing Committee on Production and Production Infrastructure. Kamo Barseghyan was born in 1957 in the village of Baluja (Aygestan) in the region of Askeran in Mountainous Karabakh. He went on to study physics…

Armen Sargsyan

Member of Parliament, Republic of Mountainous Karabakh (MKR) Leader of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Parliamentary faction in MKR Chair of the MKR Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. Born in the village of Kagharci in 1963, in the region of Martuni in Mountainous Karabakh, Armen Sargsyan went on to study in Armenia at…

ARF-D Faction in the National Assembly of the Republic of Mountainous Karabakh

In the May 23, 2010, parliamentary elections the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun garnered over 20 percent of the vote and six seats (4 through the proportional system and 2 single mandate seats) in the 33 seat (17 proportional and 16 single mandate) National Assembly. “Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun” Faction (National Assembly of the Republic of Mountainous Karabakh, Fifth Convocation)…

ARF-D Supreme Assembly of Armenia concludes, elects new Supreme Council

The ARF-D 15th Supreme Assembly of Armenia was convened in Aghveran, 4-6 June 2010. The biennial Supreme Assembly was concluded following the election of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia. The new executive body is composed of: 1. Hrach Tadevosyan 2. Armen Rustamyan 3. Michael Manukyan 4.Hayrapet Babayan 5. Simon Simonian 6. Arsen Hambardzumyan 7.…

ARF-D increases its seats in the National Assembly of Mountainous Karabakh Republic

STEPANAKERT — More than 70 percent of eligible voters in the Mountainous (Nagorno)-Karabakh Republic flocked to the polls on May 23 to elect a new parliament—the fifth legislature since the declaration of independence. More than 124 international observers from 14 countries and around 30 reporters from international media were present for monitoring or covering the…

Ensuring the security of Mountainous Karabakh and the living conditions of its population are a priority for the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun

While campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Republic of Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh (MKR), ARF-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) leaders Armen Sargsyan and Vahram Balayan met with students and administration at the University of Artsakh. The leaders stated that ensuring the security of Nagorno Karabakh and the living conditions of its population are a priority for the…

ARF-D Faction in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

“Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun” Faction (National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Fourth Convocation) Founded 07.06.2007 Contains 16 deputies e-mail [email protected] Last Name, First Name, District Party HOVHANNESYAN Vahan (head) 101 “Armenian Revolutionary Federation” /ARF/ SHAHBAZYAN Artyush (secretary) 104 “Armenian Revolutionary Federation” /ARF/ AGHABEKYAN Artur 106 “Armenian Revolutionary Federation” /ARF/ APOYAN Ashot 109 non-Party ARAKELYAN Ruzanna…

First Karabakh president remembered in Stepanakert

STEPANAKERT – The people of Karabakh paid their respects on Sunday, April 14, 1996, to the memory of the first president of the Moutnainous (Nagorno) Karabakh parliament, Arthur Mkrtchyan, who died four years ago in tragic circumstances. At 11 a.m. Mountainous Karabakh Republic president Robert Kocharyan, speaker of the Karabakh National Assembly Arthur Tovmasyan, and…