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VAHAN HOVANESSIAN WILL BE LAID TO REST JANUARY 3
YEREVAN, December 29. / ARKA /. Vahan Hovannesian, Armenia's ambassador
to Germany, who passed away on December 28 at the age of 58 will be
laid to rest on January 3 in Yerevan, the government press service
reported.
A relevant decision was made on Monday by a special government
commission set up to organize the funeral.
The commission said that the church funeral service will be held on
January 2 at 5 pm at St. Sarkis Church in the 5th Nork Massive borough
in Yerevan. The civil funeral service will be on January 3 from 11:00
to 13:00 at the Chamber Music Hall after Komitas. The funeral will
take place on the same day in Yerevan city pantheon.
Vahan Hovannesian was a long-time member of the Bureau of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun party.
Vahan Hovannesian was born on August 16, 1956 in Yerevan. He graduated
with degrees in history and archaeology from the Moscow Pedagogical
Institute in 1978 and received his Pd.D in history.
In 1999, he was elected a member of Armenia's Parliament, becoming
chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and National
Security and Internal Affairs, and served until 2003 in the ARF's
parliamentary caucus.
On May 25, 2003 he was reelected by the proportional system from
the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and elected Vice-President of
the National Assembly on June 12. He was also a member of both the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Faction and its bureau. On May
12, 2007 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the
proportional system from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
On June 7, 2007 he was elected Vice-President of the National Assembly
and on February 28, 2008 he resigned, after the ARF left the governing
coalition in objection to the state's plans to sign the Armenia-Turkey
Protocols. On December 28, 2013, Hovannesian was appointed as Armenia's
Ambassador to Germany.-0-
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YEREVAN, December 29. / ARKA /. Vahan Hovannesian, Armenia's ambassador
to Germany, who passed away on December 28 at the age of 58 will be
laid to rest on January 3 in Yerevan, the government press service
reported.
A relevant decision was made on Monday by a special government
commission set up to organize the funeral.
The commission said that the church funeral service will be held on
January 2 at 5 pm at St. Sarkis Church in the 5th Nork Massive borough
in Yerevan. The civil funeral service will be on January 3 from 11:00
to 13:00 at the Chamber Music Hall after Komitas. The funeral will
take place on the same day in Yerevan city pantheon.
Vahan Hovannesian was a long-time member of the Bureau of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun party.
Vahan Hovannesian was born on August 16, 1956 in Yerevan. He graduated
with degrees in history and archaeology from the Moscow Pedagogical
Institute in 1978 and received his Pd.D in history.
In 1999, he was elected a member of Armenia's Parliament, becoming
chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and National
Security and Internal Affairs, and served until 2003 in the ARF's
parliamentary caucus.
On May 25, 2003 he was reelected by the proportional system from
the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and elected Vice-President of
the National Assembly on June 12. He was also a member of both the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Faction and its bureau. On May
12, 2007 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the
proportional system from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
On June 7, 2007 he was elected Vice-President of the National Assembly
and on February 28, 2008 he resigned, after the ARF left the governing
coalition in objection to the state's plans to sign the Armenia-Turkey
Protocols. On December 28, 2013, Hovannesian was appointed as Armenia's
Ambassador to Germany.-0-
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