Armenian Presidential Candidates - Levon Ter-Petrossian, Karen Demirchyan, Artur Baghdasarian, Vazgen Manukyan, Artashes Geghamyan (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Levon Ter-Petrossian, Karen Demirchyan, Artur Baghdasarian, Vazgen Manukyan, Artashes Geghamyan, Stepan Demirchyan. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Levon Ter-Petrossian (Armenian: Russian: ) (born January 9, 1945), sometimes transliterated Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Ter-Petrosian (with or without the hyphen), was the first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998. Due to some economic and political problems, he resigned on February 3, 1998 and was succeeded by Robert Kocharyan. Ter-Petrossian was born in Aleppo, Syria to an Armenian-Syrian family of genocide survivors. They emigrated to Armenia in 1946. In 1968, Ter-Petrossian graduated from the Oriental Studies Department of the Yerevan State University. In 1972, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Leningrad State University. In 1987, he received his doctoral degree from the same university. In 1972-1978, Ter-Petrossian worked as junior researcher at the Literature Institute of Armenia named after Manouk Abeghian. In 1978-1985, he held the post of science secretary at Matenadaran named after Saint Mesrob Mashdots. Since 1985, Ter-Petrossian has been working at Matenadaran as a senior researcher. He is married to Lyudmila Ter-Petrossian. They have one son, David Ter-Petrossian, and three grandchildren. Ter-Petrossian is fluent in Armenian, Assyrian, Russian, French, English, German, Arabic and some "dead" languages. He is the author of more than 70 scholarly publications in Armenian, Russian and French. He is also a member of the Writers Union of Armenia, the French Asian Society, the Venice Mkhitarian Academy and a recipient of honorary doctorates from the University of La Verne, University of Sofia, Sorbonne University and University of Strasbourg. Ter-Petrossian's political career started ... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=313192