TATUL MARGARIAN TO REPLACE ARMEN KIRAKOSIAN AS AMBASSADOR
EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF ARMENIA TO USA
YEREVAN, MARCH 21, NOYAN TAPAN. On March 19 RA President Robert
Kocharian sighed a decree to relieve Arman Kirakosian of the post
of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Armenia to the United States of America. As Noyan Tapan was informed
from the RA President’s Press Office, according to the President’s
decrees sighed the same day, Tatul Margarian was relieved of the
post of the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia and
appointed him the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America. RA FM Press
and Information Department gave Tatul Margarian’s biographical datas.
Tatul Margarian was born in town of Kapan on April 16, 1964. In 1985
he graduated from Yerevan Public Economy Institute, then entered
post-graduate study of the same Institute and in 1989 he became a
doctor of economy. He continued his education in the International
Studies Faculty of the Washington (USA) Johns Hopkins University and
received MS in the International Studies. He is a doctorant at the
International Relations Department of the London (Great Britain)
Politics and Economy University. In 1990-1991 he worked as the
Assistant to the RA Supreme Council Deputy Chairman. In 1991-1994
he was the Assistant to RA Vice-President, for some time realizing
duties of the Head of the RA Prime-Minister’s staff, and then was the
Adviser to the RA Vice-President. In 1994-1998 he was the RA Embassy
Councellor to USA, then the Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary
Minister, the Vice-Head of the Diplomatic Mission. In January,
1999 he was appointed the Adviser to the RA Foreing Minister, in
June, 2000 the RA Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister. In 2002-2003 he
was the RA President’s special representative in the negotiations of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. Has diplomatic degree of RA
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Knows English, Russian.
Married, has a son.