About Tigran Karapetyan
Lived 1945 – 2021 (aged 76). Tigran Karapetyan was an Armenian politician and businessperson.
Tigran Karapeti Karapetyan (; 16 May 1945 – 21 October 2021 ) was an Armenian politician and the chairman of the People's Party. He was also the owner of a private television company named ALM, which operated from 2002 to 2011.
Karapetyan was the founder of a small, populist political party which he founded after making his fortune in Russia. He appeared on his television station on a daily basis and his "folksy demeanour" was popular with working class and rural Armenians.
Tigran Karapetyan lost multiple elections and announced his "disappointment of people" in an incident in 2011 at Yerevan. He was popular for his charities to people of vulnerable groups. He was the author of a popular song "flowers" (ծաղիկներ), which he sang live on ALM.
He died on 21 October 2021, at the age of 76, from COVID-19 in Yerevan, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia.
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Who was Tigran Karapetyan?
Armenian politician (1945–2021)
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Tigran Karapetyan was born on 16 May 1945 in Yerevan.
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Tigran Karapetyan died on 21 October 2021 in Yerevan.
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Tigran Karapetyan was a politician and businessperson.
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Tigran Karapetyan was Armenian.
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