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Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

Arayik Harutyunyan

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

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