Tigran Torosyan

{{Short description|Armenian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Tigran Torosyan | birth_name = | nickname = | image = Tigran Torosyan (cropped 3x4).jpg | caption = Torosyan in 2006 | office1 = President of the National Assembly | term_start1 = June 1, 2006 | term_end1 = September 26, 2008 | predecessor1 = Artur Baghdasaryan | successor1 = Hrayr Karapetyan (acting) | office2 = Vice-President National Assembly | prime_minister2 = | term_start2 = 1999 | term_end2 = 2006 | predecessor2 = Gagik Aslanian | successor2 = Vahan Hovanissian | office3 = | prime_minister3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|04|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | alma_mater = Yerevan Polytechnic Institute | party = None<br>During tenure as speaker, HHK | other_party = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | signature = | awards = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = | native_name_lang = hy | native_name = {{nobold|Տիգրան Թորոսյան}} }}

'''Tigran Torosyan''' ({{langx|hy|Տիգրան Սուրիկի Թորոսյանը}}), born April 14, 1956) was the President of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2006 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=138&lang=eng |title=Tigran TOROSYAN |accessdate=2007-01-21 |work=National Assembly of RA}}</ref> From 1993 he was a member of Republican Party of Armenia and the party board. In 1998-2008 he became a Deputy Chairman of the RPA board. On June 1, 2006, he was elected President of the National Assembly of Armenia. He resigned from office in 2008 after growing differences between him and other officials from the RPA, including president Serge Sargsyan which also led him to quit the party.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} Torosyan is married and has one daughter.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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==External links== * [https://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/ar/2008/09/113BBDE5-F996-493B-98D2-77A8AB511C92.ASP RFE/RL interview] with Tigran Torosyan after his resignation as speaker of the National Assembly and as a member of the HHK (Sept 23, 2008) {{Speakers of the Parliament of Armenia}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torosyan, Tigran}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Yerevan Category:Presidents of the National Assembly (Armenia) Category:National Polytechnic University of Armenia alumni Category:Republican Party of Armenia politicians