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| office = [[National Assembly (Armenia)|Vice President of National Assembly]]
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| image = Alen Simonyan.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2022
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| caption =
| term_start1 = 2 August 2021
| alongside = [[Lena Nazaryan]] and [[Vahe Enfiajyan]]
| term_end1 =
| predecessor = [[Eduard Sharmazanov]]<br>[[Arpine Hovhannisyan]]<br>[[Mikayel Melkumyan]]
| president1 = [[Armen Sarkissian]]<br/>[[Vahagn Khachaturyan]]
| termstart = 15 January 2019
| office2 = Member of the [[Yerevan City Council]]
| predecessor1 = [[Ararat Mirzoyan]]
| party = [[Civil Contract (Armenia)|Civil Contract]]
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| order2 = Acting
| 1namedata = [[Ararat Mirzoyan]]
| term_start2 = 1 February 2022
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly]]
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| term_end2 = 13 March 2022
| primeminister2 = [[Nikol Pashinyan]]
| termstart1 = 16 May 2018
| predecessor2 = [[Armen Sarkissian]]
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| birth_place = [[Yerevan]], [[Armenian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| term_end3 = 2 August 2021
| children = Robert Simonyan and Vitoria Simonyan
| alongside3 = [[Lena Nazaryan]] and [[Vahe Enfiajyan]]
| alma_mater = [[Yerevan State University]]
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| birth_name = Alen Roberti Simonyan
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| party = [[Civil Contract (Armenia)|Civil Contract]]
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'''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 (Armenia)|National Assembly of Armenia]] since 2 August 2021. He served as the acting [[president of Armenia]] from 1 February 2022 to 13 March 2022, and is a former member of [[Yerevan City Council]].

'''Alen Simonyan'''&nbsp;([[Armenian language|Armenian]]:Ալեն Սիմոնյան; born 5 January 1980) is an Armenian politician, Vice President of the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly of Armenia]] and former member of [[Yerevan City Council]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
Simonyan studied at the Faculty of Law of [[Yerevan State University]], graduating in 2000. He would go on to serve two years in the [[Armed Forces of Armenia]], before becoming Assistant to the Chairman of the Court of the First Instance of [[Ajapnyak District|Ajapnyak]] and [[Davtashen District|Davitashen]] 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>
2000 – 2002 – Served in the [[Armed Forces of Armenia]].


From 2006 to 2007, Simonyan worked at a radio station. He then cooperated with television companies TV5, [[Yerkir Media]], and [[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"/>
2000 – Graduated from the Faculty of Law of [[Yerevan State University]].


Simonyan was one of a number of organizers of the "Car free" civil protest against the rise in prices for transportation.
2015 – Master's Degree of the Faculty of the Political Science of NAS of Armenia. Political scientist.


On 30 May 2015, he was elected member of the [[Civil Contract (Armenia)|Civil Contract]] party board, becoming a spokesperson for the party. He was re-elected on 30 October 2016.
2002 – 2003 – Assistant to the Chairman of the Court of the First Instance of Ajapnyak and Davitashen Communities, Secretary of the Office.


From 2017 to 2018, Simonyan was a member of the [[Yerevan City Council]] in the composition of [[Way Out Alliance]]. On 16 May 2018, he was elected Member of the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly]] by the national electoral list of the [[Way Out Alliance]]. Later that year, on 9 December 2018, he was elected member of the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly]] by the national electoral list of the [[My Step Alliance]].<ref name=":0"/>
2003 – 2004 – Converse Bank, Human Resources Manager.


On 15 January 2019, he was elected vice president of the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly]], then president of the National Assembly on 2 August 2021. After the resignation of President [[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>
2006 – 2007– Worked on "Radio FM" radio station:


On 27 June 2024, Simonyan confirmed that Armenia's leadership wants the country to join the [[EU]] and that it will hold a referendum 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>
2008 – Participated in "PR and Political Technologies" training courses organized by the European Education & Research Center.


== Personal life ==
2007–2012 – Cooperated with TV5 TV Company, Yerkir Media TV Company, "Armenia" TV Company as a producer, director. Producer of a number of musical, political, pre-election video clips, performance director.
Simonyan is married to Mariam Margaryan and has three children.<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>

2012 – 2018 – Editor-in-Chief of "Ararat" magazine.

2013 – 2018 – Editor-in-chief and founder of Ararat Media Group LLC (araratnews.am web site and "Ararat" magazine).

2013 – One of the organizers of the "Car free" civil protest against the rise in prices for transportation.

2013 – 2015 – Member of the "Civil Treaty" public-political union management board.

30 May 2015 – Elected; On 30 October 2016 – Re-elected member of the [[Civil Contract (Armenia)|Civil Contract]] party Board.

2015 – Speaker of the "Civil Contract" party.

2017 – 2018 – Member of the [[Yerevan City Council]] in the composition of [[Way Out Alliance]].

16 May 2018 – Elected Member of the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly]] by the national electoral list of the [[Way Out Alliance]].

09 December 2018 – Elected member of the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly]] by the national electoral list of the [[My Step Alliance]].

15 January 2019 – Elected Vice-President [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly]]

Author of a number of journalistic articles.<ref>[http://parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=1268&lang=eng Biography of Alen Simonyan] Official website of the National Assembly of Armenia</ref>


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 01:23, 2 November 2024

Alen Simonyan
Ալեն Սիմոնյան
Official portrait, 2022
President of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 August 2021
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Vahagn Khachaturyan
Preceded byArarat Mirzoyan
Acting President of Armenia
In office
1 February 2022 – 13 March 2022
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byArmen Sarkissian
Succeeded byVahagn Khachaturyan
Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office
15 January 2019 – 2 August 2021
Serving with Lena Nazaryan and Vahe Enfiajyan
PresidentArarat Mirzoyan
Preceded byEduard Sharmazanov
Arpine Hovhannisyan
Mikayel Melkumyan
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2018
Member of the Yerevan City Council
In office
2017–2018
Personal details
Born
Alen Roberti Simonyan

(1980-01-05) 5 January 1980 (age 44)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCivil Contract
SpouseMariam Margaryan
Children3
EducationYerevan State University
Military service
Allegiance Armenia
Branch/service Armenian Ground Forces
Years of service2000–2002

Alen Roberti Simonyan (Armenian: Ալեն Ռոբերտի Սիմոնյան; born 5 January 1980) is an Armenian politician currently serving as the president of the National Assembly of Armenia since 2 August 2021. He served as the acting president of Armenia from 1 February 2022 to 13 March 2022, and is a former member of Yerevan City Council.

Career

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Simonyan studied at the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University, graduating in 2000. He would go on to serve two years in the Armed Forces of Armenia, before becoming Assistant to the Chairman of the Court of the First Instance of Ajapnyak and Davitashen Communities. From 2003 to 2004, he worked as a human resources manager at Converse Bank.[1]

From 2006 to 2007, Simonyan worked at a radio station. He then cooperated with television companies TV5, Yerkir Media, and 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).[1]

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

On 30 May 2015, he was elected member of the Civil Contract 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 in the composition of Way Out Alliance. On 16 May 2018, he was elected Member of the National Assembly by the national electoral list of the Way Out Alliance. Later that year, on 9 December 2018, he was elected member of the National Assembly by the national electoral list of the My Step Alliance.[1]

On 15 January 2019, he was elected vice president of the National Assembly, then president of the National Assembly on 2 August 2021. After the resignation of President Armen Sarkissian on 1 February 2022, Simonyan assumed the powers and duties of president of Armenia as acting president.[2]

On 27 June 2024, Simonyan confirmed that Armenia's leadership wants the country to join the EU and that it will hold a referendum 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".[3]

Personal life

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Simonyan is married to Mariam Margaryan and has three children.[1][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "National Assembly of Armenia | Official Web Site | parliament.am". parliament.am. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "BREAKING: Why Armenian president Armen Sarkissian resigns? (VIDEO)". News.am. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ Armenian Speaker Sees Referendum On EU Membership
  4. ^ "Yerkir.am: Armenia acting PM Pashinyan to hand over power". News.am. 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. 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.
  5. ^ Sarukhanyan, Vahe (3 November 2021). "Armenian Parliament Speaker and Friends Party on Mykonos: Who Footed the Bill?". Hetq. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. 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."
Political offices
Preceded by President of the National Assembly of Armenia
2021–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by President of Armenia
Acting
2022 		Succeeded by
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