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Vazgen Manukyan (in [[lingua armena|armeno]]Վազգեն Մանուկյան}, è stato primo ministro dell'Armenia dal [[1990]] al [[1991]] e ministro della difesa dal [[1992]] al [[1993]]. Nato a Leninakan (attuale Gyumri) ha conseguito la laure in matematica e scienze fisiche. É sposato con tre figli.
==Attività politica==
Manukyan was born in Leninakan (present-day [[Gyumri]]) in the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic]], and holds a [[PhD]] in [[mathematics]] and [[physical science]]. He is married and has three children.
Ha fatto parte del [[Comitato Karabakh]] e per tale impegno politico è stato arrestato nel dicembre 1988; fu rilasciato circa sei mesi più tardi.
Il [[13 agosto]] [[1990]] è stato nominato primo ministro dell'Armenia; rimase in carica sino al [[22 novembre]] [[1991]]. Dopo che l'Armenia ottenne l'indipendenza fu eletto al Parlamento per tre volte e partecipò, senza successo, alle elezioni presidenziali del [[1996]], [[1998]] e [[2003]].
É il presidente dell'Unione Nazional Democratica di Armenia che ha deciso di non proporre alcun candidato per le elezioni presidenziali del 2013.<ref>[http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/135367/ Panarmenian, 3.12.12]</ref>
He was arrested in December 1988 in [[Moscow]] because he was a member of the [[Karabakh committee]] and spent six months in prison. He became Prime Minister on August 13, 1990 but resigned on November 22, 1991. After Armenia gained its independence from the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, he was elected in parliament three times and ran unsuccessfully for [[President of Armenia]] in 1996, 1998 and 2003. Vazgen Manukyan is the Chairman of [[National Democratic Union of Armenia|National Democratic Union]] party.
It has been alleged that the [[Armenian presidential election, 1996|September 1996 presidential election]] was rigged to ensure a first round victory for President [[Levon Ter-Petrossian]] so that he would not have to face Manukyan in a second round.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/2/18EB7F73-4C90-4255-B523-21C2F9C7FA70.html "Armenia: FAQ About February's Presidential Election"], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, February 18, 2008.</ref>
In the [[Armenian presidential election, 2008|February 2008 presidential election]], Manukyan, running again as the National Democratic Union's candidate, placed fifth with 1.3% of the vote according to final official results.<ref>[http://www.defacto.am/index.php?OP=71396441 "RA CEC DECLARED SERGE SARGSIAN ARMENIA’S PRESIDENT"], defacto.am, 25 February 2008.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Posizione
|-
! [[Elezione presidenziale armena, 1996|1996]]
| 516,129
| 41.0%
| 2
|-
! [[ArmenianElezione presidentialpresidenziale electionarmena, 1998|1998]]
| 172,449
| 12.2%
| 3
|-
! [[ArmenianElezione presidentialpresidenziale electionarmena, 2003|2003]]
| 12,904
| 0.91%
| 5
|-
! [[ArmenianElezione presidentialpresidenziale electionarmena, 2008|2008]]
| 21,075
| 1.3%
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