Levon Ter-Petrosyan

Levon Ter-Petrosyan (Armenian: Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյան; Russian: Левон Тер-Петросян) (born 9 January 1945), also Levon Ter-Petrosyan, was the President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998. Because of many economic and political problems, he resigned on 3 February 1998. He was replaced by Robert Kocharyan. Levon Ter Petrosian, announced he will run again for office in the presidential election which will start next year.Armenia: Former President Makes Political Comeback by Onnik KrikorianTer-Petrossian was born in Aleppo, Syria to an Armenian-Syrian family of genocide survivors. They emigrated to Armenia in 1946.
In 1968, Ter-Petrossian graduated from the Oriental Studies Department of the Yerevan State University. In 1972, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Leningrad State University. In 1987, he received his doctoral degree from the same university. In 1972-1978, Ter-Petrossian worked as junior researcher at the Literature Institute of Armenia named after Manouk Abeghian. In 1978-1985, he held the post of science secretary at Matenadaran named after Saint Mesrop Mashtots. Since 1985, Ter-Petrossian has been working at Matenadaran as a senior researcher.

 Filmography 
1988: Armenia 1988 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCOGxwGooHE
2002: The Manuscript of Indepedence, Մատյան Անկախության - (Levon Ter-Petrosyan,Robert Kocharyan,Serj Sargsyan) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EERMf2jdMlc

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official Presidential site of Armenia 
 ARF history 
 Levon Ter-Petrossian at ArmeniaPedia.org

Category:1945 births
Category:Living people

Category:Presidents of Armenia
Category:21st-century Armenian people
Category:20th-century Armenian people