Armen Alaverdyan was appointed to the Post of the deputy Minister of Finance of the RA: Biography

On the of the RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan’s decision, Armen Alaverdyan was relieved from the position of the Firs deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee, and appointed to the position of the Deputy Minister of Finance of the RA. Below is his biography:

Education
•    1966-1976: Secondary School No1 in Charencavan
•    1976-1980: Yerevan Institute of National Economy, Department of planned-economy, economist
•    1983-1986: Yerevan State University, post-graduate course
•    1988: defended his PhD – “Theoretical Basis of Product Quality and Economic Mechanisms for its Increase”

Work Experience
•    1980-1982: Military service in Soviet army
•    1982-1990: Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Economy of  Yerevan Polytechnic Institute;
•    1990-1991: Specialist in the RA Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations
•    1991-1992: Head of Analytical Department in RA State Tax Inspectorate
•    1992-1994: Deputy Head of Methodological Department, later promoted to the Head of Department
•    1995-1999: Deputy Head of RA State Tax Inspectorate
•    1999-2000: Deputy Minister of RA Ministry of State Revenues
•    2000-2008: Deputy head of RA State Tax Service
•    2008- 2012 Deputy Chairman of RA State Revenue Committee
•    2012-2014 First Deputy Chairman of RA State Revenue Committee
•   Since 17 May, 2014 Deputy Minister of Finance of the RA

Additional Data
Mr. Alaverydyan has a rank of the 1st state class adviser of RA Tax Service
He was awarded with “Anania Shirakatsi” medal by the RA President decree of 2005
He was awarded with “For the services to the Motherland” 2nd class medal by the RA President decree of 2011
He was awarded with “Friedhof Nansen” medal by the “Friedhof Nansen” foundation in 2002
During his tenure as an authorized representative of the RA Government, he represented to the NA a few dozens of law drafts
He has more than 20 published books and scientific articles
He is fluent in Russian and French

Personal Data
Married, father of two sons