Hrachya Poladian (Armenian: Հրաչյա Արշակի Փոլադյան) (born May 16, 1971) is the 3-rd

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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

. Mr. Hrachya Poladian, a career member of the Armenian Foreign Service, was appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Iraq by the

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on October 25, 2018. On November 29, 2019 Foreign Minister of Iraq Mohamad A. Alhakim received copy of the credentials of Ambassador Mr. ''Hrachya Poladian'', the new Ambassador of Armenia to Baghdad and discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries and means of enhancing them to serve the interests of the two friendly peoples.

Biography

Poladian was born in 1971 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

, the capital of

, in the family of the prominent

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diplomat,

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, orientalist and author Arshak Poladian. He holds a

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from the Faculty of Oriental Studies,

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 ...

. From 1992 to 1994 Poladian spent two years in the Faculty of Arts,

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as an exchange student working on his paper "Metaphors in Kheir ad-Dine al-Assadi encyclopedia". After the graduation from high school, Poladian worked as an

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at the printing house of the

Armenian Academy of Sciences 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 ...

(1987–1988). Beside his native Armenian, he speaks Russian, English and Arabic. Poladian is married to Mrs Zara Balaian and they have two sons.

Diplomatic service

Poladian started his diplomatic career in 1993 as a consular officer at the Armenian Consulate General in Aleppo, Syria. His assignments abroad included two years as the second secretary of Armenian Embassy in Damascus (1998-99), followed by a term as the second secretary of the Armenian

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in Aleppo (1999-2001). Later he has once again served as the First secretary at the Armenian Embassy in Damascus (2002-06), and also as

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, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Armenian Embassy in Egypt (2008-11). Prior to assuming his current position as Armenian Ambassador to Iraq, Hrachya Poladian served as the Head of the Middle East, North African (

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) Arab Countries &

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to October 25, 2018. In that capacity he was in charge of policy formulation and implementation of bilateral political, economic and cultural exchanges with the countries of the specified region. Besides, at the headquarters in Yerevan he held a couple of other positions as Head of the Information Division, Policy Planning Department (2006-08),

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at the Middle East department (2001-02),

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at the Europe Department (1996-98) as well as Diplomatic attaché both at the Press (1995-96) and Policy Planning departments (1994-95). Ambassador Poladian holds a diplomatic rank of First Class Councellor.

Honors and awards

* 2016: Medal of Honor from the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

External links

Official biography of Ambassador Hrachya Poladian (in Armenian)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poladian, Hrachya Living people Diplomats from Yerevan Ambassadors of Armenia to Iraq Yerevan State University alumni 1971 births