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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
Targeted News Service
June 10, 2014 Tuesday 12:33 AM EST
NEW YORK
The United Nations issued the following news release:
The new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations,
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, today presented his credentials to UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Prior to his latest appointment, Mr. Mnatsakanyan served as Deputy
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and from 2011, as Chief Negotiator for
the European Union-Armenia Association Agreement. Between 2008 and
2011, he was Armenia's Permanent Representative to the Council of
Europe in Strasbourg, France. Appointed Ambassador to Switzerland
in 2002, he served concurrently as Permanent Representative to the
United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva.
Prior to those assignments, Mr. Mnatsakanyan headed the External
Relations Department in the Office of the President between 1999 and
2002. From 1998 to 1999, he served as Head of the Europe Department in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1997 until 1998, as Head of
the First European Department. Also in 1997, he served as the Private
Secretary to the Prime Minister.
In other overseas postings, Mr. Mnatsakanyan served in both the Holy
See and the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1997, and from 1993 to
1997, respectively.
He is a graduate of the Department of International Economic Relations
at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and holds a
master's degree in Western European Politics from Victoria University.
Born in 1966, in Yerevan, Armenia, he is married and has two sons.
Targeted News Service
June 10, 2014 Tuesday 12:33 AM EST
NEW YORK
The United Nations issued the following news release:
The new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations,
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, today presented his credentials to UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Prior to his latest appointment, Mr. Mnatsakanyan served as Deputy
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and from 2011, as Chief Negotiator for
the European Union-Armenia Association Agreement. Between 2008 and
2011, he was Armenia's Permanent Representative to the Council of
Europe in Strasbourg, France. Appointed Ambassador to Switzerland
in 2002, he served concurrently as Permanent Representative to the
United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva.
Prior to those assignments, Mr. Mnatsakanyan headed the External
Relations Department in the Office of the President between 1999 and
2002. From 1998 to 1999, he served as Head of the Europe Department in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1997 until 1998, as Head of
the First European Department. Also in 1997, he served as the Private
Secretary to the Prime Minister.
In other overseas postings, Mr. Mnatsakanyan served in both the Holy
See and the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1997, and from 1993 to
1997, respectively.
He is a graduate of the Department of International Economic Relations
at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and holds a
master's degree in Western European Politics from Victoria University.
Born in 1966, in Yerevan, Armenia, he is married and has two sons.