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Հովիկ Աբրահամյան
Official portrait, 2012
13th Prime Minister of Armenia
In office 13 April 2014 – 13 September 2016
President	Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by	Tigran Sargsyan
Succeeded by	Karen Karapetyan
President of the National Assembly
In office 31 May 2012 – 13 April 2014
Preceded by	Samvel Nikoyan
Succeeded by	Galust Sahakyan
In office 28 September 2008 – 21 November 2011
Preceded by	Hrayr Karapetyan (Acting)
Succeeded by	Samvel Nikoyan
Personal details
Born	Hovik Argami Abrahamyan (1959-01-24) 24 January 1959 (age 65) Mkhchyan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Republican Party
Alma mater	Armenian State University of Economics

Hovik Argami Abrahamyan (Armenian: Հովիկ Արգամի Աբրահամյան; born 24 January 1959), also known by the nickname Muk (Armenian: Մուկ), is an Armenian politician, former member of the ruling Republican Party, he was the Prime Minister of Armenia from 13 April 2014 to 8 September 2016. Previously he was the President of the National Assembly of Armenia.

Early life

Abrahamyan, born in Mkhchyan village in Armenia's Ararat Province, began his professional career in 1990 as the department head of the Burastan Brandy Factory and later as the president of Artashat wine-brandy factory. In 1995 he became a member of the Armenian parliament. He became Mayor of Artashat in 1996, and the governor of Ararat Province in 1998.

Political career

Under President Robert Kocharyan's administration, in 2005 he was appointed Minister of the Territorial Administration (which oversees regional government structures), serving until 2008 when he resigned in order to be appointed in April 2008 by the newly elected President Serzh Sargsyan as head of his presidential staff. In August 2008 he was re-elected in an uncontested election (in a seat vacated by the resignation of Abrahamian's older brother, Henrikto) to the National Assembly (fourth convocation), and in September 2008 he was elected as President of the National Assembly of Armenia. He resigned as president in November 2011 and was re-elected to the National Assembly on 6 May 2012 as a member of the Republican Party of Armenia. He opposed his predecessor's asset declaration draft law that would have required Armenian politicians and senior public officials to declare their business holdings and business interests.

Prime Minister

He was appointed as Prime Minister in April 2014 following the resignation of Tigran Sargsyan. Abrahamyan was nominated for the role of prime minister by President Serzh Sargsyan calling him a "very effective new prime minister." He was congratulated by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Income

At the end of 2013, the total income for Hovik Abrahamyan and his wife Juliet exceeded $6 million. Earlier, he declared the income was from the sale of agricultural products from 2011 to 2013 in the amount of 125 million AMD (about $290,000.00). During the specified period, his wife Juliet received 138 million drams (about $318,000.00). Nikol Pashinyan asked about the origin of Abrahamyan's fortune despite the fact that he didn’t conduct business in that area.

While running for parliament in 2012, Hovik Abrahamyan declared the following: an apartment with an area of 276 sq.m on Tumanyan Street in Yerevan, an apartment with an area of 146 sq.m on Shmidt Street, an apartment with an area of 260 sq.m on Teryan Street, and a garage with an area of 18 sq.m.

Abrahamyan declared the same properties in 2014 when he took office as Prime Minister of Armenia. During this time, a number of media outlets indicated other properties belonging to the relatives of Hovik Abrahamyan, in particular, his brother Henrik and others. According to Hetq.am, Hovik Abrahamyan and Tigran Arzakantsyan, Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia, founded Paramount Gold Mining Ltd., a company which develops the Lusajur section of the Meghradzor gold deposit in the Kotayk region. According to Arzakantsyan, he is the sole proprietor.

See also

In Spanish: Hovik Abrahamyan para niños