List and short biographies of Armenian Members

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1 EU-ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION COMMITTEE TENTH MEETING November 2008 Yerevan List and short biographies of Armenian Members Last Name First Name Factions Mr. ADONTS Avet (Co-chair) Mrs. ALAVERDYAN Larisa Mr. ASHOTYAN Armen Mr. CHSHMARITIAN Karen Mr. GRIGORYAN Arayik Mr. MARGARYAN Hovhannes Mr. MELIKYAN Gagik Mr. RUSTAMYAN Armen Mrs. ZOHRABYAN Naira "Prosperous Armenia" "Heritage" "Republican Party of Armenia" "Republican Party of Armenia" "Armenian Revolutionary Federation" "Rule of Law" "Republican Party of Armenia" "Armenian Revolutionary Federation" "Prosperous Armenia" Mrs. ARAKELIAN Arpi Secretary

2 AVET ADONTS Avet Adonts was born in December 27, 1963 in Kiev. In 1980 he finished the Yerevan A. Chekhov School #55. In 1985 he graduated from the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics of Yerevan State University. In 1985 he worked in the Research Institute of Economics and Planning adjunct to the State Plan of ASSR as an economist. In he served in the Armed forces of the USSR. From he worked in the Research Institute of economics and planning adjunct to the State Plan of ASSR as an associate researcher, then as head of research group. In 1991 he worked in the RA Ministry of External Economic Relations as a senior specialist, then as assistant of the Minister. In 1991 he attended a course of banking in UBS Bank of Geneva. In he worked in the division of Bilateral Economic Relations of RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a second secretary. In 1993 he was granted a diplomatic title of second secretary. In 1993 he attended a diplomatic course in the University of Leeds of Great Britain. In he worked in the Armenian Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium as a second secretary. In he worked in the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head of the division of International Economic Organizations.

3 In 1996 he was granted a diplomatic title of first secretary. In he worked in the mission of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union as a councilor, then as an envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary minister. In 2001 he was granted a diplomatic title of councilor. In he worked in the staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia as Head of the department of External Relations. In 2003 he was granted a diplomatic title of envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary minister. On May 31, 2007 he was granted a diplomatic title of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary by the decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia. On May 12, 2007 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the "Prosperous Armenia" Party. On June 7, 2007 he was elected as Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration. He is married, has two children.

4 LARISA ALAVERDYAN Larisa Alaverdyan was born on September 21, 1943 in Baku. In 1966 she graduated from Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute, in 2005 RF Moscow State Academy of training and rise of qualification of administrative officers and specialists of investment sphere. She was a teacher of mathematics and drawing. She is a lawyer and a jurist. From she worked as a tutor at Baku # 2 orphanage. From she was a teacher of mathematics at Dashkesan # 2 secondary school. From she worked at different research institutes of Armenia from junior research worker to head of division, and from head of division to deputy director at the computing centers. From she was founder member and responsible secretary of Artsakh compatriot union. From she was chief expert of the Special Committee of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia on Artsakh. From she was executive director of the NGO Against Illegal Arbitrariness. From she was Defender of Human Rights of the Republic of Armenia. From 2002 she teaches at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University. From she was a member of the Council on Missing Persons, Hostages and Prisoners of War adjunct to the Ministry of Defense. From she was a member of the Council on Preparing the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and Working Group. From she was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Human Rights adjunct to RA President. She is a member of Women s Republican Council, Expert Council adjunct to the Department of Migration and Refugees. On May 12, 2007 she was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly from the Heritage Party proportional list. She is married and has two children.

5 ARMEN ASHOTYAN Armen Ashotyan was born on July 25, 1975 in Yerevan. In 1998 Mr. Ashotyan graduated from the faculty General Practice of Mkhitar Heratsi Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) with a specialization General Medicine. In 2000 he graduated the clinical residency training from the same University with the specialization Forensic Medicine. In 2003 he defended his thesis and received the degree of Candidate of Science in Medicine. In he worked as senior laboratory assistant to the Chair of Forensic Medicine of Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU). In 2002 he entered the RA State Management Academy. In he worked as Assistant to Rector of YSMU. In 2003 he worked as Assistant to the Chair of Biochemistry of YSMU. In 2005 he finished the Moscow School of Political Researches. In Advisor to the Rector of YSMU on a volunteer basis. From 2006 till now - Docent of YSMU Chair of Biochemistry. From he was a deputy in the NA (proportional system, RPA.). He was a member of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health Care and Environment. He was a member of RPA faction. On May 12, 2007 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the Republican Party of Armenia/RPA. He is a member of RPA Council. He is married and has a son.

6 KAREN CHSHMARITIAN Karen Chshmaritian was born on September 12, 1959 in Yerevan. In 1980 he graduated from the Planning Economic faculty of Yerevan People s Economy Institute, in 1985 he had postgraduate studies. He is an economist. In 1980 he worked as an economist in the Armenian Branch of the USSR State Planning and Normative Scientific-Research Institute. From he had postgraduate studies in Yerevan People s Economy Institute he served in the Soviet Army he worked as a senior economist, chief specialist and head of financial sub-division at the State Committee of Logistics of the Armenian SSR he was deputy general director at the HayElektraMekenaMetsAr National Union of the State Committee of Logistics of the Armenian SSR he was head of general department of inter-state deliveries of RA Ministry of Material Resources RA Deputy Minister Material Resources he was head of Foreign Trade Department of the RA Ministry of Trade, Services, and Tourism, RA First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade. From RA Minister of Industry and Trade. From RA Minister of Trade and Economic Development. On May 12, 2007 he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the Republican Party of Armenia. He is married and has two children.

7 ARAYIK GRIGORYAN Arayik Grigoryan was born on May 10, 1963 in the village of Avshar in the Ararat region. Mr. Grigoryan received his degree in economics from Yerevan Institute of National Economy in From he served in the Soviet Army. In 1989 he started his career as a senior inspector in Ararat Tax Inspectorate. From he ran a private farm. Since 1984 he has been the president of the board of directors of Avshar Wine Factory. From he was a deputy in the NA (proportional system, ARF). He was a member of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations. He was a member of the "Armenian Revolutionary Federation" Faction. On May 12, 2007 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ARF. Mr. Grigoryan is married and has four children.

8 HOVHANNES MARGARYAN Hovhannes Margaryan was born on May 21, 1964 in Gyumri (Leninakan). Mr. Margaryan graduated from the Leninakan branch of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1985 and did his postgraduate studies in the Sergiev-Posad All-Russian Scientific Research Institute in Moscow Region in He is an engineer in food industry, engineer-researcher and a PhD in Agricultural Sciences. From he served in the Soviet Army. For the next two years he worked first as an engineer and later as head of a boiler-house in a poultry factory of the village of Bayandour in the Akhouryan region. From he worked as a leading engineer-thermo technician in the Leninakan Grinding Machine Plant. In 1994 he was the director of the Gyumri Confectionery Factory. In 1996 he was elected president of Gyumri Confectionery Factory OJSC and in 2002 he was elected member of Gyumri Council. From he was a deputy in the NA (proportional system, "Rule of Law" Party). He was a member of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs. He was a member of the "Rule of Law" Faction. On May 12, 2007 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the "Rule of Law" Party. Mr. Margaryan is married and has three children.

9 GAGIK MELIKYAN Gagik Melikyan was born on January 1, 1960 in the town of Berd. Mr. Melikyan graduated from the Financial Accounting and Sociological Specialties Departments of the Yerevan Institute of National Economy in He is an economist and lawyer. From he served in the Soviet Army. He spent the next two years as a head of the Financial Planning Department in Glkhhayjrshin. From he was an oversight specialist in Hayagrard Construction Department. From he was the instructor of the Organizational Division of ACP Shamshadin Regional Council. From he worked as a chief accountant in the Berdi Relay Factory. He spent the next two years as the director of Tavoush Communications. From he was the Manager of Tavoush Branch of "Hayagrobank." was his first term as a deputy of the NA from the electoral district # 74 and he was on the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit, Budgetary and Economic Affairs. He was a member of the Unity Faction. From he was a deputy in the NA (proportional system, RPA.). He was a member of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit, Budgetary and Economic Affairs. He was the secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia Faction. On July 3, 2008 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the Republican Party of Armenia/RPA. He is a board member of the Republican Party of Armenia Mr. Melikyan is married and has three children.

10 ARMEN RUSTAMYAN He was born on March 1, 1960 in the village of Zangakatoun in the Ararat region. He graduated from the P. Loumoumba Moscow University of Nations' Friendship in He is a physicist. In he served in the Soviet Army. In he was a scientific associate at Yerevan State University. In he worked as a chief specialist in an Armenian-French joint venture. In he worked as a scientific associate in Orsay Institute of Theoretical and Applied Optics. In he was a deputy of the NA (proportional system, Armenian Revolutionary Federation) and he was Deputy Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation faction. From he was a deputy in the NA (proportional system, Armenian Revolutionary Federation). He was the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation faction. On May 12, 2007 he was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. On June 7, 2007 he was elected Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations. He is the representative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Body in Armenia. He is divorced and has one child.

11 NAIRA ZOHRABYAN She was born on May 8, 1965 in Yerevan. She finished Yerevan school #21 with honours. In 1987 she graduated from the department of drama study of Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute. She finished two-year courses of international journalism. She had her specialty retraining at the Moscow State Institute of Theatre Art, at the Moscow All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, as well as at the leading theatres of Moscow. She is an author of numerous works, which were published in the local and foreign cultural periodicals. In 1982 she worked as a reporter in Ar, Aravot, Haoyots Ashkharh, Hayk periodicals. In she was political analyst of Haykakan Zhamanak daily. In 2007 she is author-presenter of Verelk/Rise political series of Kentron TV Company. On May 12, 2007 she was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly by proportional electoral system from Prosperous Armenia party. She has one daughter.