Newly appointed Armenian PM Karen Karapetyan’s biography

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS. On September 13 Karen Karapetyan has been appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

“Armenpress” presents the 14th Armenian Prime Minister’s biography.

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Date and place of birth

August 14, 1963, Stepanakert

Education

1980 - 1985, Yerevan State University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics

Work Experience

1985-1996, Worked at the Computer Center of the Department of State Planning; at the Association of Scientists and Figures of Culture; simultaneously he was lecturer at the Yerevan State University

1996 - 1998, Armenergo State-owned enterprise, Deputy Director General

1998 - 2001, Armenergo CJSC, Director General

2001 - Appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Armenia

2001 - 2010, Armrosgazprom CJSC, Board Chairman and CEO

2009 – Elected Yerevan city council member from the RPA proportional list

2010 - 2011, Mayor of Yerevan

2011 - 2016, Gazprombank OJSC, First Vice President

2012 - 2016, Gazprom Mezhregiongaz JSC, Deputy Director General

As of September 13, 2016, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

Other Information

1989 - Candidate of Science in Economics; 2006 - Anania Shirakatsi Medal awarded under Armenian President’s decree; 2008 - Anania Shirakatsi Medal awarded under NKR President’s decree; 2008 - elected Areximbank CJSC Board member; 2010 - Ph.D. in Economics; author of 32 research papers.