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Samvel SARGSYAN
He was born on July 17, 1966 in the village of Aghavnadzor in Vayots Dzor marz.
1984-1986 he served in the Soviet Army.
In 1992 he graduated from the faculty of agro-mechanization of the Armenian Agrarian University. He is an engineer-mechanic.
1983-1984 he was a worker in the sovkhoz in village of Aghavnadzor. 1993-1996 he was involved in business. 1996-1997 he worked as a chief specialist in the division of housing maintenance and utilities of Vayots Dzor regional council of the Republic of Armenia. 1997-2002 – head of the urban department of the regional council. 2002-2003 – head of the Vayk regional tax inspectorate of the RA State Tax Service. 2003-2007 - governor of the Vayots Dzor marz of the Republic of Armenia.
On May 12, 2007 he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly from the electoral district # 39.
He is married and has three children.
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On December 12, 2008 during the practical lesson at the unit’s shooting range involving the exercise with throwing grenades, the tutoring sergeant accidentally dropped a charged grenade which exploded. Lieutenant-Colonel Samvel Martirosyan showing personal courage shielded a soldier with his own body and thus saved his life.
Today, the President of Armenia handed the award to Lieutenant-Colonel Samvel Martirosyan. The Commander-in-Chief thanked him for his service and said, “I am happy and proud that the number of officers in our army, who are ready to provide a personal example of courage and allegiance at the crucial moments is growing. In military profession even in peaceful times the life itself is sometimes endangered.”
The President of Armenia noted as even more encouraging the fact that Lieutenant-Colonel Samvel Martirosyan endangered his own life to save that of his subordinate, a soldier. “That’s the kind of person the commander must be,” he stressed.
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