Vigen Sargsyan (Armenian: Վիգեն Սարգսյան; born 10 May 1975) is an Armenian politician who served as the Defence Minister of Armenia from October 2016 until May 2018. He is currently serving as the deputy leader of the Republican Party of Armenia. He is not related to either the former President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan or the former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. He left the office after the Velvet Revolution led by opposition politician Nikol Pashinyan, who became Armenia's new prime minister. After leaving public office, Sargsyan assumed the role of Executive Director of Luys Foundation, created in 2009, and turned it into a public policy think-tank. In 2019 Sargsyan joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Sloan Fellow.
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10 May 1975 (age 50) Yerevan, Armenia
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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