# Alen Simonyan

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{{short description|Armenian politician (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name               = Alen Simonyan
| native_name        = {{nobold|Ալեն Սիմոնյան}}
| image              = Alen Simonyan1 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Official portrait, 2022
| office1            = [President of the National Assembly](/source/President_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Armenia)
| term_start1        = 2 August 2021
| term_end1          = 
| president1         = [Armen Sarkissian](/source/Armen_Sarkissian)<br/>[Vahagn Khachaturyan](/source/Vahagn_Khachaturyan)
| predecessor1       = [Ararat Mirzoyan](/source/Ararat_Mirzoyan)
| successor1         = 
| office2            = President of Armenia
| order2             = Acting
| term_start2        = 1 February 2022
| term_end2          = 13 March 2022
| prime_minister2    = [Nikol Pashinyan](/source/Nikol_Pashinyan)
| predecessor2       = [Armen Sarkissian](/source/Armen_Sarkissian)
| successor2         = [Vahagn Khachaturyan](/source/Vahagn_Khachaturyan)
| office3            = [Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia](/source/National_Assembly_(Armenia))
| term_start3        = 15 January 2019
| term_end3          = 2 August 2021
| alongside3         = [Lena Nazaryan](/source/Lena_Nazaryan) and [Vahe Enfiajyan](/source/Vahe_Enfiajyan)
| 1blankname3        = [President](/source/President_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Armenia)
| 1namedata3         = [Ararat Mirzoyan](/source/Ararat_Mirzoyan)
| predecessor3       = [Eduard Sharmazanov](/source/Eduard_Sharmazanov)<br>[Arpine Hovhannisyan](/source/Arpine_Hovhannisyan)<br>[Mikayel Melkumyan](/source/Mikayel_Melkumyan)
| successor3         = 
| office4            = Member of the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(Armenia))
| term_start4        = 16 May 2018
| term_end4          = 
| office5            = Member of the [Yerevan City Council](/source/Yerevan_City_Council)
| term_start5        = 2017
| term_end5          = 2018
| birth_name         = Alen Roberti Simonyan
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|1|5}}
| birth_place        = [Yerevan](/source/Yerevan), [Armenian SSR](/source/Armenian_SSR), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| party              = [Civil Contract](/source/Civil_Contract_(Armenia))
| spouse             = Mariam Margaryan
| children           = 3
| education          = [Yerevan State University](/source/Yerevan_State_University)
| allegiance         = {{flag|Armenia}}
| branch             = {{army|Armenia}}
| service_years      = 2000–2002
| rank               = [Sergeant](/source/Sergeant)
| native_name_lang   = hy
}}
'''Alen Roberti Simonyan'''&nbsp;({{langx|hy|Ալեն Ռոբերտի Սիմոնյան}}; born 5 January 1980) is an Armenian politician currently serving as the president of the [National Assembly of Armenia](/source/National_Assembly_(Armenia)) since 2 August 2021. He served as the acting [president of Armenia](/source/president_of_Armenia) from 1 February 2022 to 13 March 2022, and is a former member of [Yerevan City Council](/source/Yerevan_City_Council).

== Career ==
=== Education and activities prior to politics ===
Simonyan studied at the Faculty of Law of [Yerevan State University](/source/Yerevan_State_University), graduating in 2000. He would go on to serve two years in the [Armed Forces of Armenia](/source/Armed_Forces_of_Armenia), before becoming Assistant to the Chairman of the Court of the First Instance of [Ajapnyak](/source/Ajapnyak_District) and [Davitashen](/source/Davtashen_District) Communities. From 2003 to 2004, he worked as a human resources manager at Converse Bank.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=National Assembly of Armenia {{!}} Official Web Site {{!}} parliament.am|url=http://parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=1268&lang=eng|access-date=2022-01-24|website=parliament.am|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226040647/http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=1268&lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 2006 to 2007, Simonyan worked at a radio station. He then cooperated with television companies TV5, [Yerkir Media](/source/Yerkir_Media), and [Armenia TV](/source/Armenia_TV) for the next five years, directing and producing a number of musical and political video clips. In 2012, he became Editor-in-Chief of "Ararat" magazine before founding Ararat Media Group LLC (araratnews.am web site and "Ararat" magazine).<ref name=":0"/>

Simonyan was one of a number of organizers of the "Car free" civil protest against the rise in prices for transportation.

=== Political career ===
On 30 May 2015, he was elected member of the [Civil Contract](/source/Civil_Contract_(Armenia)) party board, becoming a spokesperson for the party. He was re-elected on 30 October 2016.

From 2017 to 2018, Simonyan was a member of the [Yerevan City Council](/source/Yerevan_City_Council) in the composition of [Way Out Alliance](/source/Way_Out_Alliance). On 16 May 2018, he was elected Member of the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(Armenia)) by the national electoral list of the [Way Out Alliance](/source/Way_Out_Alliance). Later that year, on 9 December 2018, he was elected member of the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(Armenia)) by the national electoral list of the [My Step Alliance](/source/My_Step_Alliance).<ref name=":0"/>

On 15 January 2019, he was elected vice president of the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(Armenia)), then president of the National Assembly on 2 August 2021. After the resignation of President [Armen Sarkissian](/source/Armen_Sarkissian) on 1 February 2022, Simonyan assumed the powers and duties of president of Armenia as acting president.<ref>{{Cite news|title=BREAKING: Why Armenian president Armen Sarkissian resigns? (VIDEO)|language=en|work=News.am|url=https://news.am/eng/news/683494.html|access-date=2022-01-25|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124235357/https://news.am/eng/news/683494.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 27 June 2024, Simonyan confirmed that Armenia's leadership wants the country [to join](/source/Accession_of_Armenia_to_the_European_Union) the [European Union](/source/European_Union) and that it will hold a [referendum](/source/United_Platform_of_Democratic_Forces) in the near future. Simonyan stated "Our society has made a decision to be part of the European Union" and "I think that sometime in the near future we will have this referendum and I am sure that our people will say yes".<ref>[https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33012322.html Armenian Speaker Sees Referendum On EU Membership]</ref>

== Personal life ==
Simonyan was married to Mariam Margaryan. They have three children. They divorced in July 2025.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.am/eng/news/645103.html |title=Yerkir.am: Armenia acting PM Pashinyan to hand over power |last= |first= |author= |date=24 May 2021 |website=News.am |publisher= |language= |access-date= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216042804/https://news.am/eng/news/645103.html |archive-date=16 February 2022 |quote=Free News website, owned by National Assembly deputy speaker Alen Simonyan's wife Mariam Margaryan, had won the right to broadcast in Yerevan in a telecommunication license competition this year, writes Yerkir.am of Armenia. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hetq.am/en/article/137295 |title=Armenian Parliament Speaker and Friends Party on Mykonos: Who Footed the Bill? |last=Sarukhanyan |first=Vahe |date=3 November 2021 |website=Hetq |publisher= |language= |access-date= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216031525/https://hetq.am/en/article/137295 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |quote=Simonyan told Hetq that he had not been on vacation before leaving for Vienna, but on September 6, he posted a photo from Greece with his wife, Mariam Margaryan, on his Instagram page, writing, "Three years later, three days off." }}</ref>

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