Tigran Karapetyan
Tigran Karapetyan | |
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Chairman of the People's Party | |
In office 1995 – 21 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | (1945-05-16)16 May 1945 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 21 October 2021(2021-10-21) (aged 76) Yerevan, Armenia |
Political party | People's Party |
Tigran Karapeti Karapetyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Կարապետի Կարապետյան; 16 May 1945 – 21 October 2021[1]) was an Armenian politician and the chairman of the People's Party. He was also the owner of a private television company named ALM, which operated from 2002 to 2011.[2]
Karapetyan was the founder of a small, populist political party which he founded after making his fortune in Russia. He appeared on his television station on a daily basis and his "folksy demeanour" was popular with working class and rural Armenians.[3]
Tigran Karapetyan lost multiple elections and announced his "disappointment of people" in an incident in 2011 at Yerevan.[4] He was popular for his charities to people of vulnerable groups. He was the author of a popular song "flowers" (ծաղիկներ), which he sang live on ALM.[5]
He died on 21 October 2021, at the age of 76, from COVID-19 in Yerevan, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia.[6]
Links
- ePress.am article
References
- ^ "Скончался глава «АЛМ Холдинга» Тигран Карапетян".(in Russian)
- ^ "Tigran Karapetyan has died". Iravaban.net. 21 October 2021.
- ^ Emil Danielyan; Hovannes Shoghikian (20 January 2011). "Armenian TV Owner Escalates Dispute With Government". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Tigran Karapetyan Considers that He’s Not Worthy of ‘This Less Number of People’ https://epress.am/en/2011/05/05/tigran-karapetyan-considers-that-hes-not-worthy-of-this-less-number-of-people.html
- ^ ALM Tigran Karapetyan-Caghikner, retrieved 18 September 2022
- ^ "Armenia political party leader Tigran Karapetyan dies". News.am. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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