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Levon Ter-Petrosyan

b. 1945 · 20th century

Levon Ter-Petrosyan was the first president of independent Armenia, serving from 1991 to 1998. A philologist and a leader of the Karabakh Committee, he became chairman of the Armenian Supreme Council in 1990 and led the country through independence and the First Karabakh War. He resigned in 1998 amid disputes over a Karabakh settlement.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan
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