Aram Gaspari Sargsyan (Armenian: Արամ Գասպարի Սարգսյան; born August 14, 1949, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union)^[1] is an Armenian politician, social-democratic activist and former communist. He was the last leader of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Aram Gaspari Sargsyan
Արամ Գասպարի Սարգսյան
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office 2003–2007
Leader of Democratic Party of Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1991
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia
In office May 14, 1991 – September 7, 1991
Preceded by	Stepan Pogosyan
Succeeded by	position abolished
Personal details
Born	Aram Gaspari Sargsyan (1949-08-14) August 14, 1949 (age 74) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Yerevan State Linguistic University Moscow Higher Komsomol School
Profession	politician

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From 1967 to 1972 he studied at Yerevan State Linguistic University, then at Moscow Higher Komsomol School. Sargsyan worked in different factories. In the 1970–80s he was a correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda and Pravda in Armenia. In 1990 Sargsyan was the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia. From May 14, 1991 to September 7, 1991, he was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia. After the dissolution of the communist party, he founded the Democratic Party of Armenia, which he has led since 1991. He was a member of Armenian parliament in 2003–2007 as a member of the parliamentary bloc Ardarutyun ("Justice").