Karen Levoni Grigorian (Armenian: Կարեն Լևոնի Գրիգորյան; born August 15, 1968) is the
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Armenia to the
Arab Republic of Egypt
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. Mr. Karen Grigorian, a career member of the
Armenian Foreign Service, was appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Egypt by
presidential decree on November 20, 2018. Prior to assuming this position, Ambassador Grigorian served as Armenia's Ambassador to
Iraq from June 26, 2014 to October 25, 2018.
Biography
Ambassador Grigorian was born in 1968 in the capital of
Armenia Yerevan. He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies,
Yerevan State University in 1992. He holds a
master's degree in
Arabic Studies
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. Beside his native Armenian, he speaks Russian, English and Arabic. Mr Grigorian is married to Mrs Anna Grigorian, has a son and a daughter.
Diplomatic service
Ambassador Grigorian started his diplomatic career in 1994. His assignments abroad included two years as the third secretary of the Armenian
Consulate General in
Aleppo
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(1995-97), followed by a term as the second secretary of the Armenian Embassy in
Beirut (1999-2001) and second secretary of the Armenian Embassy in
Damascus
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(2002-04). Later he has also served as the
Counselor,
Deputy Chief of Mission at the Armenian Embassy in Damascus (2006-09).
Prior to assuming his current position as Armenian Ambassador to Iraq, Karen Grigorian served as
Consul General of Armenia in Aleppo (
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
) from 2011 to 2014. He was head of the
Middle East, North African (MENA) Arab Countries &
Israel Division at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
from 2002-04 and 2005-06. 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.
In 2015 Ambassador Grigorian was granted
diplomatic rank of
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Honors and awards
* 2013: The Medal of “Mkhitar Gosh” by the President of Armenia for significant services in the sphere of diplomacy.
* 2010, 2013: Gratitude letters from the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
External links
Official biography of Ambassador Karen GrigorianCV of the Ambassador - Foreign Ministry website
References
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Living people
Diplomats from Yerevan
Ambassadors of Armenia to Iraq
Yerevan State University alumni
1968 births