Ambassador

Nationality: Armenian

Professional background:

2018 - Ambassador Armenia in the State of Kuwait

2014 – 2018 - Head of Middle East Department, MFA Armenia

2004 - 2014 - Head of Policy Planning Department, MFA Armenia

2003 - 2004 - Counsellor, Armenian Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon

2001 – 2003 - Head of Analytical Division, Policy Planning Department, MFA Armenia

1999 – 2001 - Counsellor, Armenian Embassy, Damascus, Syria

1998 – 1999 - Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

1997 - Field Officer, Technical Adviser, OSCE Mission, Albania

1997 – 1998 - Director, Information Division, Department of Public Affairs, MFA Armenia

1995 – 1997 - Second Secretary, Middle East Department, MFA, Armenia

1993 – 1995 - Vice-consul, General Consulate of Armenia in Aleppo, Syria

1993 - Attaché, Middle East Department, MFA, Republic of Armenia

1992 – 1993 - Senior Specialist, State Council for Religious Affairs of Armenia

Education:

1984 – 1991 - Yerevan State University, Middle Eastern Studies

Special Courses:

1997 - Diplomatic Academy in Cairo, Egypt

2002 - NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy

Languages: - Armenian, English, Russian, Arabic

Military Service - 1984-1986

Married with two daughters and a son.