Project Coordinator at the Media Initiative Center
Date and Place of Birth: February 29, 1956, Yerevan, Armenia
Education/Major:
1974-1978 Yerevan State Institute of Russian and Foreign Languages after Bryusov; English Language Department; specialist in English philology
Career:
2023-present project coordinator, Media Initiative Center
1998-2023 senior communication officer external and corporate relations of the World Bank Yerevan Office
1996-1998 chief editor of “Ayzhm” weekly
1993-1996 deputy chief editor of “Golos Armenii” newspaper
1992-1993 executive secretary of “Novoye Vremya” newspaper
1991-1993 deputy chief editor of “Respublika Armenia” newspaper
1989-1992 correspondent of “Soyuz” weekly in Armenia (supplement to “Izvestiya” daily, Moscow)
1983-1989 correspondent, senior correspondent, head of section of “Communist” newspaper
Membership in Journalistic Associations and their Governing Bodies:
Since 1985 Journalists Union of Armenia
Since 1995 Yerevan Press Club, Board member and Council
Since 2023 member of Media Ethics Observatory (MEO)
Participation in Elective State Administration Bodies:
1995 candidate for RA National Assembly seat
Publications: “Communist”, “Golos Armenii”, “Respublika Armenia”, “Novoye Vremya”, “Ayzhm”, “Soyuz”, “Socialisticheskaya Industria”
Hobbies: sport (football), music, reading
Languages: Armenian, Russian, English
Marital Status: married with two children
Contact Information:
Tel. (374 91) 40 15 47 (mob.)
E-mail: [email protected]
