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ARTAK ZAKARYAN
Artak ZAKARYAN was born on November 1, 1974 in Yerevan. Armenian politician, Member of the National Assembly if the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations.

EDUCATION


 * 1996 - Graduated from the Automation of the Mathematical Cybernetics and Research Faculty of the Yerevan State University.
 * 2000 - Graduated from the State Management School of the Republic of Armenia. Mathematician, specialist of territorial governance and local self-governance, State servant.Candidate of Political Sciences. Associate professor.
 * Participated in a number of training courses - Political PR of the parties (2005,Warsaw, Poland), First Summer School on Democracy (2006, CE,Strasbourg, France), Political management and political PR of the parties 2006, Charlotte, Washington, USA), Second Summer School on Democracy, (2007, CE, Strasbourg, France), Yerevan School of Political Studies, (2006-2007,Yerevan, Republic of Armenia).

WORK EXPERIENCE


 * 1996 - 1998 - Served in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia. Deputy Commander of battalion, training battalion Commander.
 * 1999 - 2001 - Head of education - cultural division of the Regional Integration department adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
 * 2001 - 2008 - Leading specialist of the State Purchase Agency SNTO (State Non-Trade Organization) of the Republic of Armenia.
 * 2003 - 2006 - Head of the RPA Center for Social-Political Studies.
 * 2006 - Head of Press and Public Relations Service of RPA.
 * 2007 - 2008 - Head of Foreign Relations department of RPA.
 * 2008 - Head of the Staff of the State Committee for Relations with the Diaspora at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.
 * 2008 - 2009 - Head of the Staff of the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia.
 * 2004 - 2009 - Lecturer for Political Science in a number of State Universities in Armenia.
 * Since 2009 - Lecturer at the Yerevan State University and State Management Academy of the Republic of Armenia.
 * Since 2012 - Member of the Professional Council awarding scientific degrees for the Supreme Certificate Commission (HAC) in Political Science and International Relations of the Republic of Armenia.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES


 * 2002 - 2008 - President of the NGO "Healthy Society."
 * 2008 - Board member of “Artsakh” Expatriate Charitable Public Organization.

POLITICAL ACTIVITIES


 * 2009 - 2012 - Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia (proportional representation system, RPA).
 * October 28, 2009 - May 31, 2012 - Member of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport of the National Assembly. Member of the RPA faction. Member of the RPA Council.
 * Since 2011 - Co - chair of the Committee on Social Affairs, Education, Culture and Civil Society of the “EURONEST” Parliamentary Assembly.
 * Since 2012 - Head of the Armenian delegation to “EURONEST” Parliamentary Assembly.
 * May 6, 2012 - Elected Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia by the proportional representation system (Republican Party of Armenia).
 * Since March, 2015 - Deputy Head of the “EURONEST” Parliamentary Assembly.

AWARDS

2006 - Awarded with a letter of thanks from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. 2008 - Awarded with the Medal of "Drastamat Kanayan" of the RA Ministry of Defense. 2009 - Awarded with the Medal of "Maternal Gratitude of Artsakh" of NKR. 2009 - YSU Commemorative Silver Medal. 2011 - Awarded with the Medal of “Garegin Nzdeh” of the RA Ministry of Defense. 2012 - Awarded with the “Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia: 20 Years” Jubilee Medal (MD). 2015 - Awarded with “Mkhitar Gosh” Medal of the Republic of Armenia. 2015 - Awarded with the Certificate of Honour of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS.

Artak Zakaryan is the author of a number of scientific articles and manuals.

Married, with two children.