Vano Siradeghyan

Vano Siradeghyan
Վանո Սիրադեղյան
Mayor of Yerevan
In office
November 14, 1996  February 2, 1998
Preceded byAshot Mirzoyan
Succeeded bySuren Abrahamyan
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
February 10, 1992  November 8, 1996
PresidentLevon Ter-Petrosyan
Preceded byValeri Poghosyan
Succeeded bySerzh Sargsyan
Personal details
Born(1946-11-13)November 13, 1946
Koti, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (today Koti, Armenia)
DiedOctober 15, 2021(2021-10-15) (aged 74)
Political partyPan-Armenian National Movement
Alma materYerevan State University
OccupationPolitician, writer
External media
Images
Vano Siradeghyan
Video
Siradeghyan talks about the 1996 election on YouTube
Siradeghyan's last interview on YouTube

Vano Smbati Siradeghyan (Armenian: Վանո Սմբատի Սիրադեղյան; November 13, 1946 – October 15, 2021) was an Armenian politician and writer. He held several high-ranked positions in the 1990s. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs from 1992 and 1996 and as Mayor of Yerevan from 1996 to 1998. After President Levon Ter-Petrosyan's resignation in February 1998, criminal charges were filed against Siradeghyan. He disappeared in April 2000 and was wanted by Interpol until his death in 2021 at the age of 74.