On 14 January, the former First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan as a result of the secret ballot of National Assembly deputies was elected to the position of the President of the RA NA with 131 votes “for” and 0 votes “against”.
Iravaban.net presents Ararat Mirzoyan’s biography.
Ararat Mirzoyan
Born on November 23, 1979 in Yerevan.
2000 – Graduated from the Department of Art of the Faculty of History of the YSU (Yerevan State University).
2002 – Master’s Degree of the same Faculty. Historian.
2004 – State Management Academy of the Republic of Armenia. State employee, specialist in public administration and local self-government.
2005 – Postgraduate of the NAS (National Academy of Sciences) of the Republic of Armenia. Candidate of Historical Sciences.
2003 – 2005 – Junior Researcher of the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
2005 – 2007 – Chief Archivist of the Department of Socio-Political Documents of the National Archives of Armenia.
2007- 2010 – “HSBC Bank Armenia” CJSC, Specialist.
2011 – 2012 – Analyst of the international news agency “Regnum.”
2012 – 2013 – Coordinator of the program of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) for informing voters.
October, 2012 – February, 2013 – Lecturer of the YSU (Yerevan State University).
2013 – 2015 – Head of the research group of the “Aurora and 100 Lives” initiative of the “Development Initiatives of Armenia” Foundation (IDEA).
2014 – 2017 – Expert on political parties and strategic planning of the Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party Democracy (NIMD).
Founding member of the “Civil Contract” party.
2016 – Member of the Board of the party.
April 2, 2017 – Elected Member of the National Assembly from the territorial electoral list of the electoral district #3 of the “Way Out” alliance of parties.
On May 11, 2018 appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister
2016 – Awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Armenia.
Author of numerous analytical publications in the Armenian and international media.
Married, with two children.
