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Armenian National Assembly MPs have completed their 2013 estate and income declarations and therefore, there are 19 millionaire (USD) MPs in the National Assembly, writes 168 Zham. The paper notes that among 19 MPs, 9 belong to the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), 9 to Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), and one independent MP, Araik Grigoryan.
In 2013, all MPs in the National Assembly declared 49.1 billion drams, 80.7 million dollars, and 27.1 million euros. The sum of the declarations in dollars is $235,000,000, while until the beginning of 2013 that sum was totalled at $172,700,000. 168 Zham notes that the richest faction is Prosperous Armenia, which has $163,600,000. Officially, the National Assembly’s richest MP is BHK leader Gagik Tsarukyan, who has declared $134,200,000.
The richest person within the Republican Party faction is Samvel Aleksanyan, who has declared $36,400,000.