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Samvel Nikoyan

Person of interest · Politician

Samvel Nikoyan is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Nikoyan Samvel Pargev · Samvel Nikoyan · Szamvel Nikoján · Самвел Никоян · Նիկոյան Սամվել Պարգևի · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Никоян Самвел Паргевович · Никоян, Самвел Паргевович · Самвел Паргевович Никоян · Նիկոյան, Սամվել · Սամվել Նիկոյան · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1958-02-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Sarnaghbyur · the village of Sarnaghbyur in the region of Ani (now Shirak province)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Armenia				[sources]
Country	Armenia				[sources]
Citizenship	Armenia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3249851				[sources]
Position	National Assembly (member, 2012-2017) · National Assembly (member, 2017-2018) · President of the National Assembly of Armenia (2011-2012) · member of the National Assembly of Armenia				[sources]
Education	National Polytechnic University of Armenia (-1982)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Armenian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,067

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,846

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Wikidata · non-official source

Armenia Public Officials and Associates8,600

List of Armenian public officials and their family members.

Armenia · Hetq Online · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,036

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,262

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-549fbf14-2169-4a91-b0d6-b141feb1c5d5 · am-hetq-392

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Atayan Vergine Rafik Person of interest · Close Associate	Relative	-	-
Sargsyan Lena Yervand Person of interest ·

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the National Assembly of Armenia	-	-
President of the National Assembly of Armenia	2011-12-06	2012-05-31