Vardan Zhorzhiki Sedrakyan (Armenian: Վարդան Ժորժիկի Սեդրակյան) is an Armenian epic poetry expert. Since 1998, he has provided analysis of epic tales of nations all over the world. His main results have been periodically published in press and by television. He was one of the seven candidates in the 2013 Armenian presidential elections,[1] where he received roughly 0.42% of the vote.[2] After the elections, he was arrested and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for organizing the attempted murder of another presidential candidate, Paruyr Hayrikyan.[3] Sedrakyan was released on probation in May 2021.[4]
Biography
editSedrakyan was born on August 20, 1967, in Yerevan, Armenia.
References
edit- ^ "Հայաստանի Հանրապետության կենտրոնական ընտրական հանձնաժողով". www.elections.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Information on the current results of voting according to February 18, 2013, Elections of the President of RA (preliminary)". Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Վարդան Սեդրակյանը դատապարտվել է 14 տարվա ազատազրկման". CIVILNET (in Armenian). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ Mamulyan, Arax (2021-05-31). "Պարույր Հայրիկյանի սպանության փորձի գործով դատապարտված Վարդան Սեդրակյանը պայմանական վաղաժամկետ ազատ է արձակվել". Hetq.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-08-24.
External links
edit- Personal site (in Armenian and Russian) Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine