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Levon Ter-Petrosyan

1945 - Today

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Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan (Armenian: Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1946), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998. A senior researcher at the Matenadaran, he led the Karabakh movement for the unification of the Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia which began in 1988. After Armenia's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in September 1991, Ter-Petrosyan was elected president in October 1991 with overwhelming public support. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Levon Ter-Petrosyan has received more than 366,724 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Levon Ter-Petrosyan is the 3,076th most popular politician (up from 4,246th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Syria (up from 53rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Syrian Politician.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan was the president of Armenia from 1991 to 1998. He is most famous for his work to end the Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in the early 1990s.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Levon Ter-Petrosyan ranks 3,076 out of 19,576. Before him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Pharamond, Alfonso IV of Aragon, Arses of Persia, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and Jean Casimir-Perier. After him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Enrico De Nicola, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Ibn Tumart, and Philip the Tetrarch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Levon Ter-Petrosyan ranks 60. Before him are Keith Jarrett, José Feliciano, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Laurent Gbagbo, Alexey Ekimov, and Itzhak Perlman. After him are Bette Midler, Richard Thaler, Moncef Marzouki, Hasan Akhund, Ken Hensley, and Carmen Maura.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Levon Ter-Petrosyan ranks 44 out of 210. Before him are Maron (301), Odaenathus (220), Adunis (1930), Moustapha Akkad (1930), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), and Nizar Qabbani (1923). After him are Al-Dhahabi (1274), Tutush I (1066), Julia Soaemias (180), Andrew of Crete (660), Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), and Apollinaris of Laodicea (310).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Levon Ter-Petrosyan ranks 21. Before him are Yazid II (687), Al-Walid II (706), Yazid III (701), Michel Aflaq (1910), Abu'l-Fida (1273), and Odaenathus (220). After him are Tutush I (1066), Julia Soaemias (180), Tuman bay II (1474), Julia Maesa (165), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), and Amin al-Hafiz (1921).

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