Professional Experience:

2001 November to date
--- Rector of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University

2000 February to date
--- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of International Center for Human Development

2001 November to date
--- President of Russian - Armenian (Slavonic) State University

1999 June - 2000 February
--- Minister of Economy of RA

1998 April - 1999 June
--- Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

1997 - 1998
--- Minister of Finance and Economy

1994 - 1997
--- First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia

Awards:

From June 2002
--- Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

From September 2002
--- Commander of the International World Order of Science, Education and Culture

Education:

Graduate from Moscow State University / Department of Economics
Post Graduate of the Moscow State University / PhD. in Economics

Married, has a daughter