Arman Kirakossian (
Armenian
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: Արման Կիրակոսյան; 10 September 1956 – 6 July 2019) was an
Armenia
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n diplomat and historian. From November 2014 until his death he served as Ambassador of Armenia to
Austria
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as well as Ambassador to the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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(OSCE) and International Organizations in Vienna (
UNIDO
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,
UNODC
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,
IAEA
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,
CTBTO
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).
Biography
Kirakossian was born in Yerevan, the son of the historian and political scientist
John Kirakosyan
John Kirakosyan ( hy, Ջոն Կիրակոսյան; May 6, 1929 – June 20, 1985) was a Soviet Armenian Foreign Minister from 1975 until his death. He was also a historian and political scientist who was a Doctor of Historical Sciences and a prof ...
. He received his bachelor's degree in History and Geography in 1977 and a master's degree in History of the
Armenian Question and International Diplomacy in 1980 from the Armenian State Pedagogical University. In November 1999, he earned the degree of Doctor of Sciences in History from the Institute of History of the
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri az ...
.
Before embarking on a diplomatic career at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Kirakossian held several high-level academic positions at the National Academy of Sciences. He was Project Director at the Center of Scientific Information for Social Sciences from 1980 to 1986, then Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Armenian Diaspora Studies Department from 1990 to 1991.
From 1991 to 1994, he held the post of First Deputy Foreign Minister, and, from October 1992 to February 1993, served as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. He held the diplomatic Rank of
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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(1992).
From 1994 to 1999 Kirakossian was Armenia's
Ambassador
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to
Greece
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. He also assumed the duties of the
Dean of Diplomatic Corps in
Athens
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. Kirakossian was also accredited to
Cyprus
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,
Slovenia
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,
Croatia
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Albania
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and the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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.
Kirakossian served as Armenian Ambassador to the
United States
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from 1999 to 2005. He was also Permanent Observer of Armenia to the
Organization of American States
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from 2001.
In 2005 he was appointed again as Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
Kirakossian assumed his role as Ambassador to Austria and the
OSCE
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in 2011. From November 2018 he was appointed Ambassador to
United Kingdom
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.
He died in Yerevan on 6 July 2019.
Publications
Kirakossian was an author of books and more than 120 publications. Four of his books were published in English:
*''
British Diplomacy and the Armenian Question'' (
Gomidas Institute
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, Princeton and London, 2003),
*''The Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: U.S. Media Testimony'' (Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2004),
*''Armenia-USA: Current Realities and Vision for Future'' (Yerevan State University Press, 2007),
*''The Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: British Media Testimony'' (Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 2008).
He was Professor of History and International Relations at the Yerevan State University.
Recognition
Kirakossian was decorated with:
*Gold Medal of City Athens (1999),
*Commemorative Medal (2001),
*Medal of "John Kirakossian" (2009) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia,
*Gold Medal of the
Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...
(2006),
*State Medal of Mkhitar Gosh for significant services in the sphere of
diplomacy
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.
See also
*
List of foreign ministers in 1992
This is a list of foreign ministers in 1992.
Africa
Asia
Australia and Oceania
Europe
North America and the Caribbean
South America
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References
External links
Arman Kirakossian's biography* http://www.ysu.am/news/en/85th-anniversary-of-John-Kirakosyan-was-celebrated
* http://www.abrilbooks.com/arman-j-kirakossian
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2019 deaths
Diplomats from Yerevan
Ambassadors of Armenia to the United States
Ambassadors of Armenia to Austria
Foreign ministers of Armenia
1956 births
21st-century Armenian historians