May 16, 1953 – April 24, 2019
Date and Place of Birth: May 16, 1953, Damala, district of Aspindz, Georgia
Education/Major:
1970-1975 Yerevan State University; Philology Department; Journalism section; journalist
Career:
2001-2019 executive director of “Hanrapetutiun” closed joint-stock company, chief editor of “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun” newspaper
1995-2001 chief editor of “02” weekly (police lieutenant colonel)
1990-1995 observer of the editorial board of “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun” newspaper, deputy chief editor, editor of “Petrvar” youth supplement (“February”)
1987-1990 instructor of the ideological department of Yerevan City Committee of the CP of Armenia, coordinator of work with media
1976-1987 correspondent, head of “Yerekoyan Yerevan” newspaper (1986)
Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:
Since 1982 Journalists Union of Armenia
Membership in Parties and Their Governing Bodies:
1984-1990 member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Prizes/Awards:
1982 “For Tourism Coverage” award of Journalists Union of Armenia
2000 was awarded individual arm (“Beretta” gun) by the RA Ministry of Interior Affairs
Publications: “Avangard”, “Sovetakan Hayastan“, “Communist”, State TV and Radio of Armenia
Hobbies: tourism (hiking), driving
Languages: Armenian, Russian
Marital Status: married with three children
