Gagik Tsarukyan

Gagik Tsarukyan (Armenian: Գագիկ Ծառուկյան) is an Armenian businessman and politician. He is seen as the most influential of Armenia's government-connected "oligarchs" and key business partner of former President Robert Kocharyan, owning over a dozen big businesses and living in a large mansion on a hilltop overlooking the northern outskirts of Yerevan. He is better known in Armenia by his nickname "Dodi Gago" (Դոդի Գագո).

Tsarukyan is the founder and former leader of Prosperous Armenia political party and also the president of Armenia's National Olympic Committee (was reelected on December 4, 2008).

Tsarukyan graduated from Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture in 1989. He was involved in sports, mainly boxing, wrestling and arm wrestling. In 1996 Gagik Tsarukyan has become world champion in arm-wrestling, and in 1998 champion of Europe.

Since 1989 Tsarukyan has been engaged in entrepreneurship. In 1995 he founded and presided Multi Group" Concern group of companies which now includes more than 30 enterprises: "Kotayk" beer factory in Abovyan, Yerevan Chemical Pharmaceutical Company, "Mek" Network of Furniture Stores, Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, etc. Tsarukyan is accused of depriving ownership rights of foreign investors in Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory.

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Pension Reform Bill Approved by Parliament

Asbarez 20 Jun 2018

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am) — The National Assembly approved on Wednesday the new Armenian government’s decision to complete an unpopular reform of the country’s pension system, which was launched four years ago. The new Western-backed system is to cover 280,000 or so Armenian workers born after 1973 ... Businessman Gagik Tsarukyan’s bloc, which is also part of the ruling coalition, has also criticized the reform in the past ... ....

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Armenia’s jailed opposition leader released with help from MPs

EurasiaNet 13 Jun 2018

One letter was signed by Yelk bloc MP Alen Simonyan, and the remaining twelve by representatives of the Tsarukyan faction. Headed by the infamous oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan, the faction was a systemic opposition party to the formerly ruling Republican Party. After Sargsyan resigned in May, Tsarukyan and his faction switched sides and endorsed ......

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Pashinyan Completes Forming Government, Holds First Cabinet Meeting

Asbarez 15 May 2018

The three deputy prime ministers and 17 ministers handpicked by Pashinyan were formally appointed by President Armen Sarkissian on Friday and Saturday ... Businessman Gagik Tsarukyan’s alliance, the second largest parliamentary force, nominated Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and the ministers of energy, transport and communications, emergency situations, and sports and youth affairs. Grigoryan is a 46-year-old banker ... ....

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Saint Nick of Armenia: how protest leader Nikol Pashinyan “rescued” Armenia and made it merry

Open Democracy 05 May 2018

Armenia's intensive street mobilisation over the past month has taken many by surprise. Who is the man at the centre of these protests? 14 April. Nikol Pashinyan on Freedom Square, Yerevan. CC BY-SA 4.0 Yerevantsi / Wikipedia. Some rights reserved ... Many, but not all ... Source. Youtube ... In 2004, Pashinyan’s car was torched , as he suspected by the men of Gagik Tsarukyan , a businessman close to Kocharyan ... Armenia’s Gagik Tsarukyan On the edge....

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Disbelief, Optimism Greet Armenian Ruling Party's Vow to Support Opposition Figure

Voa News 04 May 2018

The Armenian ruling party's signal of support for opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan's bid to become interim prime minister has been greeted with disbelief by some on the streets of the capital ... Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the slightly larger opposition Prosperous Armenia, told VOA's Armenian Service that although his party has been odds with their fellow Yelk Alliance legislators, they plan to back Pashinyan unconditionally ... ....

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Armenian ruling party not to nominate candidate for PM in 2nd parliament voting

Xinhua 02 May 2018

Baghdasaryan also noted that their party will vote for the candidate proposed by one-third of the members of Parliament ... Pashinyan had received 45 votes with 56 against his candidacy ... Before the rally, Pashinyan had a meeting with Gagik Tsarukyan, who has the second major faction in the Parliament. Tsarukyan assured that they would again support Nikol's candidacy during the second vote ... Editor. Mu Xuequan. Related News. Back to Top. ....

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Republican Party of Armenia Signals Support for Pashinyan

Asbarez 02 May 2018

Earlier on Wednesday, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan said his faction, with 31 votes, will support Pashinyan as it did Tuesday ... ....

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Armenia's ruling party bows out of PM race to 'avoid confrontation'

The Guardian 29 Apr 2018

Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan calls on parliament to elect him after mass protests oust longtime ruler Serzh Sargsyan ... 'We took down a powerful man'. Armenians mark victory and genocide. Read more ... Twitter ... “My team and I will vote for a people’s candidate, whether it’s Nikol Pashinyan or anyone else nominated by the people,” the Prosperous Armenia leader, Gagik Tsarukyan, told Kentron TV ... ....

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Armenian ruling party quits leadership race as protest leader bids for power

The Irish Times 29 Apr 2018

Armenia’s ruling party will not put up a candidate for prime minister, it said on Saturday, in a bid to ease tensions after more than two weeks of street protests against the ruling elite ... He then wants snap parliamentary polls under a new election law ... “My team and I will vote for a people’s candidate, whether it’s Nikol Pashinyan or anyone else nominated by the people,” party leader Gagik Tsarukyan told Kentron TV. Quitting ... – Reuters....

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Armenian ruling party refuses to nominate candidate for PM

The Japan News 29 Apr 2018

Reuters YEREVAN (Reuters) — Armenia’s ruling party will not put up a candidate for prime minister, it said on Saturday, in a bid to ease tensions after more than two weeks of street protests against the ruling elite ... “My team and I will vote for a people’s candidate, whether it’s Nikol Pashinyan or anyone else nominated by the people,” party leader Gagik Tsarukyan told Kentron TV ... Click to play ... + -. Generating speech. Please wait... ....

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Armenian Opp leader seeks support for PM bid

The News International 29 Apr 2018

Political analysts say Prosperous Armenia, led by wealthy businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, has expressed support for Pashinyan but some of its members say they will only back the party´s leader as a candidate.Pashinyan, who heads the Civil Contract party, pressed ahead with his campaign to rally support across the country after thousands attended ......

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ARF Signals Support For Pashinyan’s Candidacy as Prime Minister

Asbarez 28 Apr 2018

Tsarukyan says his faction will support the “people’s candidate” while the Republican Party of Armenia offered a tacit mea culpa and separately said it would not introduce its own candidate for the prime minister position ... Also on Saturday, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, who leads the second largest parliamentary faction, signaled his support for Pashinyan’s candidacy....

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Karapetyan Refuses to Meet Pashinyan

Asbarez 27 Apr 2018

Earlier, Pashinyan also held talks Gagik Tsarukyan, a millionaire businessman leading the Prosperous Armenia Party, the second largest in the parliament. He confirmed on Friday that neither Tsarukyan nor the ARF leadership has so far promised to vote for his appointment as prime minister. “I hope that Dashnaktsutyun and Tsarukyan’s bloc will clarify ......

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