Tigran Karapetyan

Tigran Karapeti Karapetyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Կարապետի Կարապետյան; 16 May 1945 – 21 October 2021^[1]) 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.^[2]

Tigran Karapetyan
Chairman of the People's Party
In office 1995 – 21 October 2021
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	vacant
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-16)16 May 1945 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	21 October 2021(2021-10-21) (aged 76) Yerevan, Armenia
Party	People's Party

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.^[3]

Tigran Karapetyan lost multiple elections and announced his "disappointment of people" in an incident in 2011 at Yerevan.^[4] 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.^[5]

He died on 21 October 2021, at the age of 76, from COVID-19 in Yerevan, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia.^[6]

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• ePress.am article