Armen Gevorkyan appointed as new secretary of Armenia’s National Security Council
06.06.2016,
15:49
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan has appointed today Armen Gevorkyan as secretary of the National Security Council. Armen Gevorgyan held previously various senior positions in the government the last one being deputy prime minister.
YEREVAN, June 6. /ARKA/. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan has appointed today Armen Gevorkyan as secretary of the National Security Council. Armen Gevorgyan held previously various senior positions in the government the last one being deputy prime minister.
Introducing today Gevorkyan to senior officials of the National Security Council, which is an advisory body, president Sargsyan said he has sufficient experience to properly perform the complicated duties of the National Security Council secretary.
“I have known Armen Gevorgyan for almost 20 years and I do not remember a single instance when he would have found it difficult to perform his duties,’ Sargsyan was quoted as saying by his press service.
The position was vacant since 2014 April, when its former secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, the head of Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) party resigned.
Armen Gevorgyan was born in 1973 in Yerevan. In 1993 he graduated from the Institute of Civil Service in Russian St. Petersburg. From 1993-1996 he was a post-graduate student at the Herzen Russian Pedagogical University. In 1995-1996 he studied at University of Twente (Netherlands) to obtain Master’s degree.
His previous positions include assistant to prime minister, first assistant to president, chief of presidential staff, secretary of the National Security Council, deputy prime minister. He also served as head of Initiatives for Development of Armenia, a charity fund established by Russian –Armenian businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan. In 2015 he resigned to study at Harvard University. -0-
Introducing today Gevorkyan to senior officials of the National Security Council, which is an advisory body, president Sargsyan said he has sufficient experience to properly perform the complicated duties of the National Security Council secretary.
“I have known Armen Gevorgyan for almost 20 years and I do not remember a single instance when he would have found it difficult to perform his duties,’ Sargsyan was quoted as saying by his press service.
The position was vacant since 2014 April, when its former secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, the head of Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) party resigned.
Armen Gevorgyan was born in 1973 in Yerevan. In 1993 he graduated from the Institute of Civil Service in Russian St. Petersburg. From 1993-1996 he was a post-graduate student at the Herzen Russian Pedagogical University. In 1995-1996 he studied at University of Twente (Netherlands) to obtain Master’s degree.
His previous positions include assistant to prime minister, first assistant to president, chief of presidential staff, secretary of the National Security Council, deputy prime minister. He also served as head of Initiatives for Development of Armenia, a charity fund established by Russian –Armenian businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan. In 2015 he resigned to study at Harvard University. -0-
