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Levon Ter-Petrosyan

Politician

Levon Ter-Petrosyan 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	Levon Ter-Bedrosyan · Levon Ter-Petrosian · Levon Ter-Petrosjan · Levon Ter-Petrossian · Levon Ter-Petrosyan · 19 more...				[sources]
Other name	Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosjan · Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan · Levon Petrossian · Lewon Hakobi Ter-Petrosjan · Левон Акопович Тер-Петросян · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Ter-Petrosian · Ter-Petrosjan · Ter-Petrossian				[sources]
Birth date	1945-01-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Aleppo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Armenia				[sources]
Citizenship	Armenia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Lewon				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q612949				[sources]
Position	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR (1990-1990) · Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Armenia (1990-1991) · President of Armenia (1991-1998)				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Sciences in Philology · Faculty of Oriental Studies of the St. Petersburg University · Yerevan State University				[sources]
Religion	Armenian Apostolic Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-09	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2024-09-05

Descriptions

first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-09-06

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lyudmila Ter-Petrosyan Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Armenia	1991-11-11	1998-02-03

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