Tigran Sargsyan

Tigran Sargsyan

Tigran Sargsyan (born 29 January 1960) is the current prime minister of Armenia since taking office on 9 April 2008.

2008

• With globalization mounting, the rules teaching us to live globally other than nationally are increasingly becoming meaningful.
  • The End of State
• The higher the intellectual potential of people, the broader their tendency to self-organization, the more of its functions will be delegated by the government to other communities. Quite true is also the argument that the more responsibility and competence the government delegates to the society, the more is realized its ability to self-organization.
  • The End of State
• As a result of transformation of power, functions of enforcement will slowly turn into new, networked systems of governance in the following directions: upward to the global level; downward to the communal level; and frontward to the professional level.
  • The End of State

2009

• We live in a quickly changing world, therefore we must foretell developments, and reforms should respond to these changes.
  • RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s Remarks at the Annual Meeting of RA National Academy of Sciences (22 April 2009)
• Corruption is the most dangerous public disease haunting the humanity, which diagnoses the public state of heath. The deeper is the corruption and corruption activities the sicker is the society and it needs a treatment.
  • Speech of Prime Minister of RA Tigran Sargsyan at the conference on International anti-corruption day (9 December 2009)

2010

• I am convinced that sooner or later the Armenian-Turkish relations will be normalized since closed borders between States is a non-sense in the 21st century, and rulers can find themselves in an unenviable position if they fail to keep up with the global developments. Political authorities should lead the way and not lag behind.
  • Statement by the Prime Minister delivered at the conference on the topic of Armenia-Turkey relations and cross-border regionalism (12 February 2010)

• In paying homage to the martyrs of Metz Yeghern, we understand that we must take steps forward, come together for the sake of our national dreams and goals. We must build a powerful and democratic State by doing everything possible for the future day of our country and people.
  • Message on Armenian Genocide Victims Remembrance Day (24 April 2010).

• We cannot develop unless we enjoy both internal and external freedom: even the freedom of thinking about freedom.
  • Speech (11 December 2010), at official site of the Government of the Republic of Armenia