Ambassador

ARMEN KHACHATRYAN

Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary

of the Republic of Armenia in Ukraine

        Born on August 13, 1957 in Yerevan

        1978 Graduated from the Armenian State Pedagogic Institute after Kh.Abovyan, Department of Philology, with honorary  distinction

        1978-1980 Teacher of Armenian language and literature in Dzoraghbyur village

        1980-1981 Chief of the Scientific Department of the National Art Gallery of Armenia

        1981-1985 Instructor of the Yerevan Comsomol City Committee

        1985-1987 Instructor of the Shahumyan District Committee of the Communist Party

        1987-1990 Director of School №191

        1991-1999 Founder and Vice-Rector for Science and Education of the Yerevan “Hrachya Acharyan” University, Professor

        1999 May Elected Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

        1999 June Elected Chairman of Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

        1999-2003 Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

        2003, October Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of Armenia in Ukraine

        2004, September Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of Armenia in Republic of Moldova (with residence in Kiev)

        1999-2003 – Member of the Council of the national security and defense of the Republic of Armenia

        Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS member-states. President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation from June 2000 to December 2000.

        Professor, academician of the New York Academy of Sciences. Academic of International Academy Regimen. Academic of Academia of problem of security and defense of Russian Federation

        In 1998 was recognized “Man of the Year” by the Biographical Institute of the USA.

        His biography is put down in the Encyclopedia “Distinguished People”

        On April 18, 2001 he was granted “Sodruzhestvo” award by the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS member-states.

        On November 4, 2001 he was granted the top of the Orthodox Church the “Saint Andreas” order by Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Constantinople Patriarch.

        On January 21, 2001 he was awarded the prize for the outstanding activity for strengthening the unity of orthodox peoples for the year 2001 of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Peoples.

        On February 11, 2002 he was awarded the Order of Honour of France

        On 2003 was awarded the Gold Medal of F.Nansen, Laureate of Peace Reward.

        On 2004 was awarded Order Cossack All Ukrainian “Cossack Cross”

        On 2006 was awarded Order by Peter Great I and II degrees (Russia)

        On 2007 was awarded Order by A.Gorchakov I degree (Russia)

        Twice was awarded the Prime-Minister of the Republic of Armenia the nominal weapon

        Fluent in four languages

        Married, has three children