Ambassador

April 06, 1976, Yerevan, Armenia

2000 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, USA

1998-2001 PhD studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University

1996-1997 Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Cairo, Egypt

1993-1998 Department of Arabic Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University

2019 June Appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Swiss Confederation (residence in Geneva)

2019 April Appointed as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva

2014-2019 Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2012-2014 Deputy Chief of Mission, Counsellor, Embassy of Armenia to the USA, Washington

2010-2012 Head of the OSCE Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (MFA RA)

2009-2010 First Secretary, Council of Europe Division, MFA RA

2006-2009 Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Armenia to the OSCE, Vienna

2004-2006 Third Secretary, Arms Control and International Security Department, MFA RA

2000-2004 Attaché, Embassy of Armenia to Syria, Damascus

1999-2000 Attaché, Information and Public Affairs Department, MFA RA.

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary

Ph.D. in history, Yerevan State University

Armenian, English, Russian, Arabic

Married, with two sons and two daughters