| Tigran Karapetyan | |
| Office: | Chairman of the People's Party |
| Term Start: | 1995 |
| Term End: | 21 October 2021 |
| Predecessor: | position established |
| Successor: | vacant |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Party: | People's Party |
Tigran Karapeti Karapetyan (hy|Տիգրան Կարապետի Կարապետյան; 16 May 1945 – 21 October 2021[1]) was an Armenian politician and the chairman of the People's Party. He was also the owner of a private television company named ALM, which operated from 2002 to 2011.[2]
Karapetyan was the founder of a small, populist political party which he founded after making his fortune in Russia. He appeared on his television station on a daily basis and his "folksy demeanour" was popular with working class and rural Armenians.[3]
Tigran Karapetyan lost multiple elections and announced his "disappointment of people" in an incident in 2011 at Yerevan.[4] He was popular for his charities to people of vulnerable groups. He was the author of a popular song "flowers" (ծաղիկներ), which he sang live on ALM.
He died on 21 October 2021, at the age of 76, from COVID-19 in Yerevan, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia.[5]