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Vazgen Manukyan was born in 1946 in Yerevan. In 1963 he finished the secondary school and entered the Physics-Mathematical Faculty of the Yerevan State University. In 1966 he continued his studies in the Moscow State University. Upon graduation he entered the Post-Graduate school of the Novossibirsk Subsidiary of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. In 1972 he returned to Yerevan and started teaching at the Yerevan State University. Prior to 1988 he was associated with several political organizations.

In February 1988 he became a member of the “Karabakh” Committee and in 1988, a Coordinator of the “Karabakh” Committee. On December 10, 1988 along with other members of the “Karabakh” Committee he was arrested and spent 6 months in detention in Moscow. Vazgen Manukyan was the first Chairman of the Administrative Board of the Armenian National Movement. In May 1990 he was elected as a Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia. On August 13, 1990 he was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. In 1991 he resigned from the post and founded the Party of National Democratic Union.

In September 1992 Mr. Manukyan was appointed State Minister of Defence of RA and resigned from this post in August 1993.

In 1996 Presidential Elections he was nominated as a Presidential Candidate from the alliance of opposition parties and received 41.29% of votes.

Currently he is the Chairman of the National Democratic Union, a Deputy of the National Assembly and the Head of the Center for Strategic Research.

Vazgen Manukyan is married and has three daughters.

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