06/02/2009 16:51
Grigor Hovhannisyan - new Consul of Armenia to the USA
Grigor Hovhannisyan, the Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia is appointed as the Consul of Armenia to the United States, the public relations department of the Foreign Ministry reports.
Grigor Hovhannisyan was born in 1971 in Yerevan. In 1992 he graduated from Yerevan State University, the Faculty of Oriental Studies. In 1992-1993 he took a qualification course in international affairs in Beirut Haykazyan University. Grigor Hovhannisyan did his Master’s Degree at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 2001. In 1994-2006 he worked in the United Nations Organization, where he assumed various positions in Armenia, Democratic Republic of Congo and in Middle East. In 2006-2009 Hovhannisyan worked as executive director of «Shushi Revival» Foundation. G. Hovhannisyan speaks English, French, Arabic and Russian.