Ex-speaker of Armenian parliament elected to board of directors of Russian bank

YEREVAN, July 7. / ARKA /. Ex-speaker of the Armenian parliament, former secretary of the National Security Council, Arthur Baghdasaryan, who is also chairman of parliament-represented Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) party, was elected as a member of the board of directors of MTS Bank, one of the largest Russian banks.

Baghdasaryan was elected at a general meeting of the bank’s shareholders on June 29. The board is composed of ten members.

MTS Bank (Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development) is a large universal bank in Russia, a subsidiary of OAO AFK Sistema. The bank’s operations are in Moscow and the Moscow region.

Arthur Baghdasaryan served as chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2003 to 2006. In 2008 -2014 he was Secretary of the National Security Council.-0-

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