Andrias Ghukasyan
Andrias Marati Ghukasyan (Andreas) (Armenian: Անդրիաս Մարատի Ղուկասյան) is an Armenian political analyst.
Ghukasyan was one of seven candidates in the 2013 presidential election.[1][2]
Early life
In 1987 he finished secondary school at N83. In the same year he entered the Yerevan State University Department of Economics. From 1988 to 1989 he served in the Soviet Army. In 1994 he graduated from Yerevan State University having an "Economic Cybernetics" specialty and received a degree in economics-mathematics. In 2005 he graduated from the St. Petersburg International Economic Relations, Economics and Law Institute, earning his bachelor's degree in Jurisprudence.
Politics
Hunger strike
On January 21, 2013, Ghukasyan started a hunger strike in front of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences building in Yerevan.[3] He had a large poster, written in Armenian and English demanding to "Stop fake elections".[4] Finishing his protest after the results were announced, Ghukasyan, together with another opposition candidate, Raffi Hovhannisian, a US-born Armenian politician who is the founder of the Armenia-based Heritage Party, filed an appeal with the Armenian Constitutional Court to dispute the results of the election (which gave incumbent Serzh Sargsyan a second term).
Rise up, Armenia
On July 16, 2015 he co-founded the Rise up, Armenia movement.[5][6] It opposes raising electricity tariffs and organizes rallies against raising electricity tariffs generally in Republic Square.
On August 21, 2015 he with other Rise up, Armenia members was apprehended during a rally,[7] freed after several hours.[8]
He was arrested in July 2016, during the 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis.
References
- ^ "Political analyst Andreas Ghukasyan to run for president". Armenpress. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Political expert Andrias Ghukasyan joins presidential race". PanARMENIAN.Net. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Andrias Ghukasyan goes on hunger strike". Public Radio of Armenia. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Andrias Ghukasyan continues the hunger strike". Public Radio of Armenia. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ Ստեղծվել է «Ոտքի՛, Հայաստան» շարժման Խորհուրդ. Հայտարարություն
- ^ «Ոտքի Հայաստանը» չի միացել «Ոչ Թալանին». Անդրիաս Ղուկասյան
- ^ «Ոտքի՛, Հայաստան» նախաձեռնության անդամներ են բերման ենթարկվել
- ^ Անդրիաս Ղուկասյանը ազատ է արձակվել (ֆոտո)