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Vazgen Sargsyan

1959 - 1999

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Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan (Armenian: Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, pronounced [vɑzˈɡɛn zɑvɛˈni sɑɾkʰəsˈjɑn]; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's Prime Minister from 11 June 1999 until his assassination on 27 October of that year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vazgen Sargsyan has received more than 355,368 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Vazgen Sargsyan is the 9,109th most popular politician (up from 9,908th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Armenia (up from 35th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Armenian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vazgen Sargsyan ranks 9,109 out of 19,576. Before him are Donald Tsang, Archidamus V, Jordi Pujol, Irene Komnene Doukaina, Orodes I of Parthia, and Louise Lake-Tack. After him are Sid Watkins, Murad Giray, Ferenc Münnich, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Paul van Zeeland, and Ingrida Šimonytė.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Vazgen Sargsyan ranks 107. Before him are Muhammad bin Nayef, Rebecca De Mornay, Marcia Gay Harden, Matthew Modine, Renny Harlin, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. After him are Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Baron Waqa, Anatoly Onoprienko, Andrew Fire, Thomas Ravelli, and James Wong. Among people deceased in 1999, Vazgen Sargsyan ranks 94. Before him are Aldo van Eyck, Roy Chiao, Karen Demirchyan, Leon Štukelj, Muhammad al-Sadr, and Curtis Mayfield. After him are Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Heinz G. Konsalik, George Mosse, Saul Steinberg, and Moondog.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Vazgen Sargsyan ranks 33 out of 163. Before him are Anania Shirakatsi (610), Ashot II of Armenia (849), Alexander Arutiunian (1920), Silva Kaputikyan (1919), Karen Demirchyan (1932), and Frunzik Mkrtchyan (1930). After him are Andranik Margaryan (1949), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989), Davit Bek (1669), Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Ghazar Parpetsi (442), and Mariam Aslamazian (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Armenia

Among politicians born in Armenia, Vazgen Sargsyan ranks 16. Before him are Ashot I of Armenia (820), Vologases V (130), Tigranes III (-100), Nikol Pashinyan (1975), Ashot II of Armenia (849), and Karen Demirchyan (1932). After him are Andranik Margaryan (1949), Shavarsh Karapetyan (1953), Ariarathes II of Cappadocia (-350), Vazgen Manukyan (1946), Tigran Sargsyan (1962), and Hovik Abrahamyan (1959).

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