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ARMENIA'S FORMER PM APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES
ITAR-TASS, Russia
June 26 2014
June 26, 21:03 UTC+4 YEREVAN
Tigran Sarkisyan was Armenia's prime minister from April 2008 to April 2014
YEREVAN, June 26. /ITAR-TASS/. Armenia's former Prime Minister Tigran
Sarkisyan on Thursday was appointed ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to the United States, the Armenian president's press
service said.
Tigran Sarkisyan was born to a family of journalists in Kirovakan
(now Vanadzor), the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, on January
29, 1960. He graduated with honors from the Leningrad Financial
and Economic Institute named after N.A. Voznesensky with a degree
in economics. Sarkisyan received a postgraduate degree in his alma
mater in 1987. He is candidate of economic sciences.
In May 1990, Sarkisyan was elected deputy of the Supreme Soviet of
Armenia and chair of the Standing Commission of the Armenian Supreme
Soviet for financial, credit and budget issues in August 1990.
In 1995-1998, Sarkisyan headed the Association of Armenian Banks and
simultaneously the public Scientific Research Institute for Public
Reforms in a Transitional Period.
>From March 1998 to April 2008, Sarkisyan headed the Central Bank
of Armenia. In 2005-2007, he was simultaneously the head of the
Inter-State Bank council.
Sarkisyan was Armenia's prime minister from April 2008 to April 2014.
He is a council member of the ruling Republic Party of Armenia.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/737927
ITAR-TASS, Russia
June 26 2014
June 26, 21:03 UTC+4 YEREVAN
Tigran Sarkisyan was Armenia's prime minister from April 2008 to April 2014
YEREVAN, June 26. /ITAR-TASS/. Armenia's former Prime Minister Tigran
Sarkisyan on Thursday was appointed ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to the United States, the Armenian president's press
service said.
Tigran Sarkisyan was born to a family of journalists in Kirovakan
(now Vanadzor), the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, on January
29, 1960. He graduated with honors from the Leningrad Financial
and Economic Institute named after N.A. Voznesensky with a degree
in economics. Sarkisyan received a postgraduate degree in his alma
mater in 1987. He is candidate of economic sciences.
In May 1990, Sarkisyan was elected deputy of the Supreme Soviet of
Armenia and chair of the Standing Commission of the Armenian Supreme
Soviet for financial, credit and budget issues in August 1990.
In 1995-1998, Sarkisyan headed the Association of Armenian Banks and
simultaneously the public Scientific Research Institute for Public
Reforms in a Transitional Period.
>From March 1998 to April 2008, Sarkisyan headed the Central Bank
of Armenia. In 2005-2007, he was simultaneously the head of the
Inter-State Bank council.
Sarkisyan was Armenia's prime minister from April 2008 to April 2014.
He is a council member of the ruling Republic Party of Armenia.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/737927