User:MFA2022/sandbox/Vahan Hunanyan

Vahan Arman Hunanyan (Armenian: Վահան Արմանի Հունանյան, 1986, Yerevan) is an Armenian diplomat, currently the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

Early Life and Education

Vahan Hunanyan was born in 1986 in Yerevan. He studied at Yerevan State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Physics. In 2013, after returning from military service, he completed master's degree at the YSU Center for European Studies. Hunanyan completed several courses including: Media and communications course in crisis management (Spiez), Russia’s modern foreign policy: main trends and priorities (Moscow), Krzysztof Skubiszewski research scholarship, and three months research (Warsaw).

Vahan Hunanyan graduated from the Diplomatic School of Armenia in 2012.

Hunanyan speaks Russian, English and Polish.

Career

After successful graduation from Diplomatic School, Vahan Hunanyan became a diplomat and from 2012 to 2013 worked at the Media and Information Department of MFA of Armenia. In the period of 2013-17 Hunanyan worked at the Embassy of Armenia in Turkmenistan. After returning to Armenia continued his career at FAST (Science and Technology Foundation of Armenia) as a Network Evangelist. In 2018-20 he was a guest lecturer at the Public Administration Academy of Armenia.

After the 2018 Velvet Revolution, Hunanyan served as the Press Secretary of Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan for two years. In 2020-21 was the Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan.

On August 4, 2021, Hunanyan was appointed as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Awards

Hunanyan was awarded with the Commemorative Medal of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan for the effective organization and high responsibility of the inspection bodies’ activities in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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