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Contactmusic.com, UK
Dec 27 2008
CHARLES AZNAVOUR - AZNAVOUR AWARDED ARMENIAN CITIZENSHIP
Veteran French singer CHARLES AZNAVOUR has been granted Armenian
citizenship by presidential decree.
The 84-year-old singer - born Shahnur Aznavourian - was born in Paris,
France to Armenian parents.
He serves as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Aznavour also set up a foundation and organised a series of charity
concerts to help earthquake victims in the country, ravaged by the
1988 disaster which left 25,000 people dead.
The presidency of the ex-Soviet republic said on Friday (26Dec08):
"Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has signed a decree granting
Armenian citizenship to the prominent singer and public figure, a hero
of the Armenian people, Charles Aznavour."
http://www.contactmusic.com/news. nsf/article/aznavour%20awarded%20armenian%20citize nship_1090309
Dec 27 2008
CHARLES AZNAVOUR - AZNAVOUR AWARDED ARMENIAN CITIZENSHIP
Veteran French singer CHARLES AZNAVOUR has been granted Armenian
citizenship by presidential decree.
The 84-year-old singer - born Shahnur Aznavourian - was born in Paris,
France to Armenian parents.
He serves as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Aznavour also set up a foundation and organised a series of charity
concerts to help earthquake victims in the country, ravaged by the
1988 disaster which left 25,000 people dead.
The presidency of the ex-Soviet republic said on Friday (26Dec08):
"Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has signed a decree granting
Armenian citizenship to the prominent singer and public figure, a hero
of the Armenian people, Charles Aznavour."
http://www.contactmusic.com/news. nsf/article/aznavour%20awarded%20armenian%20citize nship_1090309