Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor

Work experience: 33 years of administrative and 7 years of pedagogical experience.

Number of scientific works published: 64, 6 out of which are monographs.

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE

1990 - Thesis Defense (Yerevan Scientific-Research Institute of Mathematical Machines), Degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences. Author of 10 sphere-related inventions and over 30 scientific works.

1995 - I started carrying out research in Political Science and authored the following works: “Post-Soviet Transformation of the Social System” in 2006, “The Regulation of Nagorno Karabakh Conflict within the Framework of International Law” in 2008, “The South Caucasus after the August War, Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Armenian-Turkish Relations” in 2009, “Conflict Resolutions in the Framework of the International Law: Case of Nagorno Karabakh” in 2010, “Nagorno Karabakh and Kosovo Conflicts, Negotiations, Geopolitics”.

2012 - “Opportunities and Impact of the Armenian Diaspora on the Social-Political Processes of the Republic of Armenia” monograph (co-authored with M. Saradyan) in 2017, more than six dozen scientific and over two hundred analytical articles published in Armenian and foreign periodicals and collections.

2006 - Thesis Defense at Yerevan State University, Degree of Doctor of Political Sciences.

2010 - Monograph on “The Resolution of Nagorno Karabakh Conflict in the Framework of International Law” was awarded the prize of the “Best Scientific Work of the Year” by the RA National Academy of Sciences in the category of Social Sciences.

2008 - Honorable Doctor at Artsakh State University

2008-2010 - Member of the First Council of Political Sciences and Sociology in Armenia

2019-present Member of Professinal Council on International Relations, Political Institutions and Procedures

WORK EXPERIENCE

2018-present Professor, Head of Chair of Human Rights, Democracy and Political Science of UNESCO, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences

2018 - Professor, Acting Head of Chair of Human Rights, Democracy and Political Science of UNESCO, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences

2014-present Head of Center of Prospective Studies and Initiatives

2014-present Editor in Chief of Armenian Political Science Magazine

2012-2017 - Professor, Head of Chair of Human Rights, Democracy and European Studies of UNESCO, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences

2011-2012 - Professor, Acting Head of Chair of Human Rights, Democracy and European Studies of UNESCO at Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences

1999-2012 - Member of Parliament, National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

2006-2008 - Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

1999-2006 - Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

2001-2005 - Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Constitutional Amendments of the NA

2003-2006 - Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee on European Integration of the NA

1996-1998 - Member of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia

1997-1998 - Editor-in-Chief, “The Republican” Official Paper of the Republican Party

1978-1995 - Engineer, Head of the Sub-division and leading researcher at Yerevan Scientific Research Institute of Mathematical Machines

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003-2007 - Head of the Armenian Delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

2004-2007 - Vice-President of the PACE Group of Democrats of Europe

2006-2007 - Vice-President of the Monitoring Committee on the fulfillment of commitments and responsibilities by Member States of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe     

1999-2003 - Head of the Armenian Delegation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union

2001-2006 - Head of the Armenian Delegation in the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative

AWARDS

Awarded with the RA 1^st Degree Medal for the “Sevices to Homland” in 2006 and the NKR “Mesrop Mashtots” honorary medal in 2007.

Awarded with the RA “Garegin Nzhdeh” medal of the Ministry of Defense, and “F. Nansen” Foundation gold medal in 2005.

Family Status: married, has a daughter.