Ter-Petrosyan insisted that Vazgen Sargsyan and Kocharyan were "ready for civil war" if he did not resign
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Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan, also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998.
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politics · President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998 · politician · historian · also Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Ter-Petrossian, Ter-Petrosian, Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan, Ter-Petrosyan
Born 9 January 1945 · Q612949
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Ter-Petrosyan insisted that Vazgen Sargsyan and Kocharyan were "ready for civil war" if he did not resign
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Campaign: 2021 snap parliamentary election.
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Election won: 2013 presidential election.
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“I see words, I see speeches, but there is no action, no plan of actions.”
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Campaign: 2013 presidential election.
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Campaign: 2013 Yerevan election.
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“during the current post-election period we have seen everything but political processes”
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“sake of the Republic of Armenia.”
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Campaign: 2012 parliamentary election.
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Forcing the government to grant several political concessions
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Ter-Petrosyan again took a leading role in protests that erupted in Armenia as part of a wave of regional unrest
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Campaign: 2008 election.
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And 2007, he published his two-volume historical work titled The Crusaders and the Armenians
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (1997).
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Ter-Petrosyan's prime minister Hrant Bagratyan adopted an economic reform program to rapidly marketize the Armenian economy
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Career landmark: President of Armenia (1991–1998).
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“To all intents and purposes, the Soviet Union has declared war on Armenia.”
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR (1990–1990).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Supreme Council of Armenia (1990–1991).
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Ter-Petrosyan and the other members of the Karabakh Committee founded a political party called the Pan-Armenian National Movement (ANM, also known by its Armenian acronym HHSh)
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Received his doctoral degree from the same university
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Completed his postgraduate studies at Leningrad State University
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Graduated from the Oriental Studies Department of Yerevan State University
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When he was still an infant, just before the birth of his only living younger brother, Kamo, and one grandchild, Nerses Ter-Petrosyan
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Born 1945-01-09.
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