Robert Beglarian

Robert Beglarian (Persian: روبرت بگلریان, Armenian: Ռոբերտ Բեգլարեան) is an Iranian MP of Armenian descent, and the current representative of the Armenian community of southern Iran in the parliament.[1]

Beglarian in 2015.

Biography

He was born in 1961 in Tehran.[2] In March 2015, along with fellow Armenian MP Karen Khanlaryan, Beglaryan was invited to present before the entire Assembly a motion condemning the Armenian genocide.[3]

Beglarian with Sepuh Sargsyan, archbishop of the Armenian Diocese of Tehran.

As of 2015, he is one of the two Armenian representatives in the Iranian parliament.

Electoral history

2004 parliament election

In 2004, Beglarian was elected for the first time and became an MP. His colleague Gevorg Vartan was elected as the representative and MP for the Armenian community of Northern Iran.[4]

2008 parliament election

Beglarian was elected in March 2008 to represent Iran's Christian Armenian minority in southern Iran. Beglarian won most of the received votes in the nationwide parliamentary election on March 14, the headquarters said in a statement.[5]

As Iran's Christian Armenian minority consists of two groups, including Armenians of Tehran and northern parts of Iran as well as those of the southern parts of the country, two elections take place for both regions,[6] as well as because Christian Armenians have two seats at Iran's 290-seat parliament. In contrast, other religious minorities (Zoroastrians, Jews, and Assyrians) have one representative at the county's legislative body.[7]

2012

In 2012, Beglarian was re-elected for a third term, which he still serves.[8]

References
  1. ASIA/IRAN - Iranian MPs are preparing to commemorate the Armenian Genocide retrieved June 2015
  2. https://en.parliran.ir/eng/en/Content/_/Beglarian-Robert3522
  3. ASIA/IRAN - Iranian MPs are preparing to commemorate the Armenian Genocide retrieved June 2015
  4. Armenia’s Elected to Iran’s Parliament
  5. Beglarian elected as MP of Armenian minority of southern Iran'
  6. Beglarian elected as MP of Armenian minority of southern Iran'
  7. Beglarian elected as MP of Armenian minority of southern Iran'
  8. Two Armenians elected MPs in Iran


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