Ambassador

H.E. ARSEN AVAGYAN

Date / place of birth: 31 October, 1972, Yerevan

EDUCATION

1989-1994 Bachelor of Arts, Yerevan State University

1994-1996 Doctorate, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University

1996-1998 Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Federation

Diplomatic courses

Courses on International security

George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2005

NATO Defense College (Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors’ Course /GFOAC), Rome, Italy, 2014

Strategic Leadership in a Changing Global Order, National Defense University, Washington D.C, USA

Courses on studies and prevention of genocides

Raphael Lemkin Foundation Seminar for Genocide Prevention, Auschwitz, Poland,2011

WORK EXPERIENCE

1994-1996 Attaché, Turkey Desk, Middle and Near East Department Foreign Ministry of Armenia (MFA)
1996- 1998 Third Secretary, Turkey Desk, Middle and Near East Department
1998- 2001 Head of Turkey Desk, Middle and Near East Department
2001-2005 Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
2005-2007 Counselor, Policy Planning Department MFA
2007-2009 Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Islamic Republic of Iran
2009-2010 Head of Turkey Desk, Middle and Near East Department
2010-2014 Head of Turkey Desk, Bordering Countries Department (from 24.09.2012-17.02.2014 – Acting Head of Bordering Countries Department )
2014-2015 Acting Head of Bordering Countries Department
2015-2019 Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
2019-2021 Head of Bordering Countries Department

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Islamic Republic of Iran since 8 October, 2021

DIPLOMATIC RANK

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

PhD (Candidate of Sciences) in History (National Academy of Science of Armenia, Institute of History), 1996
PhD (Doctor of Sciences) in History (Moscow State University, Institute of Asian and African countries), 2002
Professor of History (Yerevan State University, 2013)
Teaching in faculty of International Relations and Oriental Studies of the State University of Yerevan since 1996
Teaching in Armenian- Russian (Slavonic) university since 2020
Simultaneously worked in National Strategic Studies Institute (later became University) of the Ministry of Defense of the R. of Armenia as expert analyzer, 2008-2018 and 2020-2021
Member of the board of advisors in periodical of Ministry of Defense in military science “Armenian Army”
Author of 9 monographs, published and re-published in Armenia, Turkey, Russia and Germany
Author of 47 academic essays, published in Armenia and abroad
Member in two councils of experts and three academic councils
Supervising of 17 PHD dissertations

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Russian, English, Turkish, Farsi

MARITAL STATUS

Married with one son and one daughter