President of Foreign Correspondents Association of Armenia
Date and Place of Birth: February 5, 1961, Yerevan, Armenia
Education/Major:
1979-1984 Yerevan State Institute of Russian and Foreign Languages after Brusov; Department of Russian Language and Literature; philologist
Career:
1998-present president of Association of Foreign Correspondents of Armenia
2003-present director of “Tigranpress” LLC
2013-present lecturer of department of journalism at the Institute of Media, Advertisement and Movie Studies of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
2013-present correspondent of “Izvestia” (Russia) newspaper in Armenia
2009-2012 correspondent of Russian online publication “Slon.ru”
2008-2012 leading specialist of Public Relations and Information Department of RA Ministry of Emergency Situations
2008-2009 editor of the Russian version “7or.am” online publication
2006-2007 host of “Yerkirn Aysor” news program of “Yerkir Media” TV сompany
2006 Chief of Information and Public Relations Department of Arabkir Community of Yerevan
2003-2006 chief editor of Armenian-Russian Business Magazine
2003 January-April correspondent of “ANSA” news agency (Italy) in Armenia
1993-2003 January correspondent of “Interfax” news agency in Armenia
1989-1993 editor, head of a department, deputy chief editor of ”Armenpress” news agency
Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:
Since 1995 Journalists Union of Armenia
Since 1998 President of Association of Foreign Correspondents of Armenia
Prizes/Awards:
2002 ”ProMedia” award in the ”Health Protection” nomination
1991 ITAR-TASS award, youth edition
Publications: ”Komsomolets”, ”Communist”, ”Golos Armenii”, ”Azg”, ”Hayastani Hanrapetutyun”, ”Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, ” Modus Vivendi Press”, Armenian Radio, ”Football+”.
Hobbies: sport – football (captain of the combined team of the RA journalists)
Languages: Armenian, Russian, English
Marital Status: married with four children
Contact Information:
apt. 114, 13, Ervand Kochar str., Yerevan, Armenia
Tel. (374 10) 55 06 19 (home), (374 93) 81 71 92 (mob.)
E-mail: [email protected]
