Zohrab Mnatsakanyan

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Date and Place of Birth

20 March 1966, Yerevan, Armenia

Education

1990 - Graduate of the Department of International Economic Relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, Russia.

1989 - Academic visit and practical work, Embassy of the USSR in the United States of America, Washington, USA.

1991- MA (Econ.) Western European Politics, Department of Politics, Economic and Social Studies, Victoria University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Professional Experience

1991-1993 - Third, later Second Secretary, European Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.

1993-1997 - Second, later First Secretary, Embassy of Armenia in the United Kingdom, London, UK.

1995-1997 - First Secretary, Embassy of Armenia to the Holy See, Vatican City (residence - London, UK).

1997 - Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.

1997-1998 - Head of the First European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.

1998-1999 - Head of the Department of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.

1999-2002 - Head of the External Relations Department, Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.

2002-2008 - Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations at Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

2002-2008 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Swiss Confederation (residence in Geneva, Switzerland).

2008-2011 - Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

2011-2014 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Negotiator for the EU-Armenia Association Agreement, Yerevan, Armenia

2014 - 2018 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, New York, USA

2018-2020 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia

Diplomatic rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

State Awards

2011 - Medal of Mkhitar Gosh of the Republic of Armenia.

Languages

English, Russian, French

Marital status

Married, with two sons

On May 12, 2018, by the decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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