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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|1|5}}
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| birth_place = [[Yerevan]], [[Armenian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| birth_place = [[Yerevan]], [[Armenian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| spouse = Mariam Margaryan
| children = 2
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| education = [[Yerevan State University]]
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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">{{Cite web|title=National Assembly of the Republic 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}}</ref>
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">{{Cite web|title=National Assembly of the Republic 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}}</ref>


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}}</ref>
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}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Simonyan is married and has two children.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=National Assembly of the Republic 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}}</ref>
Simonyan is married to Mariam Margaryan and has two children.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=National Assembly of the Republic 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}}</ref><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= |archive-url= |archive-date= |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 |author= |date=3 November 2021 |website=Hetq |publisher= |language= |access-date= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |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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Revision as of 03:15, 16 February 2022

Alen Simonyan
Ալեն Սիմոնյան
Acting President of Armenia
Assumed office
1 February 2022
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byArmen Sarkissian
President of the National Assembly of Armenia
Assumed office
2 August 2021
Preceded byArarat Mirzoyan
Vice President of National Assembly
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
Assumed office
16 May 2018
Member of the Yerevan City Council
In office
2017–2018
Personal details
Born (1980-01-05) 5 January 1980 (age 45)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCivil Contract
SpouseMariam Margaryan
Children2
EducationYerevan State University
Military service
Allegiance Armenia
Branch/service Armenian Ground Forces
Years of service2000–2002

Alen Roberti Simonyan (Template:Lang-hy; born 5 January 1980) is an Armenian politician currently serving as the acting president of Armenia. He also serves as the president of the National Assembly of Armenia, and a former member of Yerevan City Council.

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 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 TV5 TV Company, Yerkir Media TV Company, "Armenia" TV Company 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]

Personal life

Simonyan is married to Mariam Margaryan and has two children.[1][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia | Official Web Site | parliament.am". parliament.am. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "BREAKING: Why Armenian president Armen Sarkissian resigns? (VIDEO)". News.am. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Yerkir.am: Armenia acting PM Pashinyan to hand over power". News.am. 24 May 2021. 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.
  4. ^ Sarukhanyan, Vahe (3 November 2021). "Armenian Parliament Speaker and Friends Party on Mykonos: Who Footed the Bill?". Hetq. 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."