User:Tatevikgrigorian/Ashot Grigorian

Ashot Grigorian (Armenian: Աշոտ Գրիգորյան; born November 30, 1950) is the the chairman of the Armenian community in Slovakia and the President of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe.

Grigorian was born in Yerevan. He graduated in Physics from the Yerevan State University in 1972 and defended his PhD in 1983. Between 1983 and 1985 he taught at the YSU and in 1985-1986 at the Humboldt University in Berlin. .

He has been lobbying for Armenian causes, including the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Slovak Parliament in 2004. He has chaired two consecutive panels (2009, 2010) on the South Caucasus in the Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland.

From 2006 till 2009 he was the Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

He is a freelance journalist.