Davit Lokyan (Դավիթ Լոքյան; born: January 20, 1958) is an Armenian politician. He served as the Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of

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from 2016 to 2018.

Biography

He was born on January 20, 1958, in

Ninotsminda Ninotsminda ( Georgian: ნინოწმინდა ; Armenian: Նինոծմինդա) is a town and a center of the eponymous municipality located in Georgia's southern district of Samtskhe-Javakheti. According to the 2014 census the town ...

Soviet Georgia The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

. ; Positions held * 1998-1999 - Deputy Governor of Lori Region. * May 30, 1999 - Elected

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. Member of the Standing Committee on Fiscal, Credit and Economic Affairs. Head of the ARF faction. * 2001-2003 - was the Minister of Urban Development of Armenia. * 2003-2008 - Minister of Agriculture of Armenia. * On February 24, 2016, by the decree of the

President of Armenia The president of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Նախագահ, Hayastani Nakhagah) is the head of state and the guarantor of independence and territorial integrity of Armenia elected to a single seven-year term by the National Assembly of Arm ...

, he was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of

. * On April 19, 2018, Lokyan became the Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of Armenia in the government of Serzh Sargsyan. On April 23, as a result of protests, Sargsyan left office and

Karen Karapetyan Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan ( hy, Կարեն Վիլհելմի Կարապետյան; born 14 August 1963) is an Armenian politician who was Prime Minister of Armenia from September 2016 until April 2018. He was previously Mayor of Yerevan, the capi ...

became prime minister, while Lokyan remained in his post as acting.Президент Армении завершил формирование правительства страны
/ref> Three days later David Lokyan submitted his resignation.

Awards

* Anania Shirakatsi Medal * Vachagan Barepasht Medal * Armenian Prime Minister's Commemorative Medal

References

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Biography

Awards

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