Arayik Harutyunyan
Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
Curriculum Vitae
Date and Place of Birth
September 2, 1979, Yerevan
Education
2001 – Graduated from Yerevan State University, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Arabic Studies with bachelor’s degree
2003 - Graduated from Yerevan State University, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Arabic Studies with master’s degree
1998-1999 - The Institute for Teaching Arabic to Foreigners in Damascus
2007 – Graduated from postgraduate course of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, receiving degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences (Thesis: Turkish-Syrian relations in the 1980s - early 21st century).
Work Experience
2007- present – Professor at Yerevan State University, Faculty of Oriental Studies, director of the “Contemporary Problems of Arabic Studies” Master’s Program
2005-2006 - Helsinki Association for Human Rights, program manager
2010-2011 - Editorial Staff of 1in.am news website, responsible for the international news
2013-2015 - Editorial Staff of the online edition of Araratnews.am, responsible for the international news
2018-2019 - Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia
2019-2020 - Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia
November 24, 2020 - appointed Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
July 1, 2021 - appointed Chief of the Staff of the Prime Minister
Other information
2008 - Co-founder of HIMA youth initiative
Since 2011, Member of the Board of HIMA NGO
Together with a group of citizens concerned with the problems of the Armenian language, founded the “We are against foreign schools” civic initiative; member of the “Army in Reality” civic group
Since 2014, Member of Transparency International anticorruption organization
2007 - 2010, involved in youth initiatives on Armenian-Turkish reconciliation
2013-2015, Member of the Board of Civil Contract socio-political association
2015-2016, Chairman of the Board of Civil Contract party
October 30, 2016, re-elected Board member of Civil Contract party
May 14, 2017, elected Member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan as member of Yelk Bloc
Author of 6 scientific articles
Fluent in English, Russian and Arabic languages
Party affiliation
Civil Contract Party
Personal information
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