Arman Babajanyan
Արման Բաբաջանյան
Arman Babajanyan
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office
14 January 2019 – 10 May 2021
Parliamentary groupIndependent (Bright Armenia before September 2019)
Personal details
Born (1976-01-15) 15 January 1976
Yerevan, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyFor The Republic Party

Arman Shamiri Babajanyan (Armenian: Արման Շամիրի Բաբաջանյան; born 15 January 1976) is an Armenian politician and journalist whօ previously served as an independent member of the National Assembly of Armenia.[1]

Babajanyan was previously the chief editor of the Zhamanak-Yerevan newspaper.[2] In 2006 Babajanyan recognized himself partially guilty for avoiding mandatory service in Armenian Armed Forces and was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.[3] Babajanyan claimed that the case was political in nature and that orders for his imprisonment came from the president of Armenia.[2] Babajanyan was released from imprisonment in August 2009.[4]

Babajanyan was elected to the National Assembly in the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election as a member of the Bright Armenia party's electoral list. He left the party's parliamentary group in September 2019 and became an independent member of parliament.[5] Babajanyan is the current leader of the For The Republic Party, which he founded in September 2020.[6]

In May 2021, Babajanyan was nominated to lead an electoral alliance between the For the Republic Party and the Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party. The alliance, known as the Shirinyan-Babajanyan Alliance of Democrats, announced its intentions to participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary election.[7] Following the election, the alliance received 1.50% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats in the National Assembly.

References

  1. ↑ "National Assembly of Armenia | Official Web Site | parliament.am". parliament.am. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  2. 1 2 "Արման Բաբաջանյան. - "Իմ գործով հրահանգները տրվում են ուղղակի նախագահականից"" [Arman Babajanyan: 'Orders have been given regarding my case from the presidency']. Azatutyun (in Armenian). 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Արման Բաբաջանյանը դատարանում իրեն մեղավոր ճանաչեց մասնակիորեն". Archived from the original on 2020-02-06.
  4. ↑ Shoghikyan, Hovhannes (4 August 2009). "Արման Բաբաջանյանը ազատ արձակվեց" [Arman Babajanyan has been released]. Azatutyun (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Արման Բաբաջանյանը լքում է "Լուսավոր Հայաստան" խմբակցությունը" [Arman Babajanyan is leaving the 'Bright Armenia' parliamentary group]. Azatutyun (in Armenian). 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-09-10. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Nalbandian, Naira (21 September 2020). ""Հանուն Հանրապետության" կուսակցությունը գալիս է պաշտպանելու հեղափոխական օրակարգը" [The 'For the Republic' party is coming to defend the revolution's agenda]. Azatutyun (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ընտրություններին կմասնակցի նաև «Շիրինյան-Բաբաջանյան ժողովրդավարների դաշինք»-ը. Բաբաջանյանը և Շիրինյանը հուշագիր ստորագրեցին".


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