The RA Minister of Nature Protection Aramayis Grigoryan, was the Governor of Ararat marz of the RA in 2013. When assuming the office he declared to apartments, an individual residential house, an apartment building (more than one apartments, a building with non-residential and common use areas), a perennial plant, a land plot and a public importance building.
According to the data of The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials of Armenia Mr. Grigoryan also declared 4 cars, LEXUS LS 600 HL, VAZ 2121, MITSUBISHI PAJERO IO 2.0 and ZIL MMZ-45021.
In addition he also declared three shares in three points. He also had 810 million AMD, 300 thousand rubles and 776 thousand USD.
From 1 January of the year the year of assuming the responsibilities of high-ranking official till the day of assuming the post the former governor declared shares in the corresponding section in three points totaling to 29 million, 7 million and 3.7 million AMD as well as income of 52 million AMD. Whereas his annual salary was only 734 thousand AMD.
Aramayis Grigoryan assumed the office of the Minister of Nature Protection in 2014.
The position in fact had a positive effect on Mr. Grigoryan’s cash assets.
Thus, in 2015. At the end he had 960 million AMD, 300 thousand rubles and 776 thousand USD.
At the end of 2015, he had 960 million AMD, 300 thousand rubles and 776 thousand USD.
The minister’s wife’s funds amounted to 365 million AMD. She received other income during the year as well, for example in 2015 she received 38 million AMD.
So, Aramayis Grigoryan is the richest minister according the declared assets. Even the RA Minister of Communication and Transport Gagik Beglaryan and the RA Minister of Finance Gagik Khachatrayan, whom the mass media consider the richest, do not possess so much funds.
