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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.