Mikayel Melkumyan ( hy, Միքայել Սերգեյի Մելքումյան; born 1 April 1962) is an Armenian politician. He was first elected to the

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in 2012 as a member of the

Prosperous Armenia Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP; hy, Բարգավաճ Հայաստան կուսակցություն, Bargavatch Hayastan kusaktsut’yun, abbreviated as ԲՀԿ BHK), is a conservative political party in Armenia. It was founded by businessman Gagi ...

Party. He was re-elected in the

2017 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 2 April 2017. They were the first elections after a constitutional referendum in 2015 that approved reforms for the country to become a parliamentary republic. The result was a victory for the rul ...

and subsequently chosen as one of three Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly.

Biography

Mikayel Melkumyan was born on April 1, 1962, 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 ...

. He has served in the

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Education

In 1983, Melkumyan graduated from

Armenian State University of Economics The Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) ( hy, Հայաստանի պետական տնտեսագիտական համալսարան) is a state-owned university of economics in Yerevan, the capital Armenia, founded in 1975. History The facul ...

, receiving the qualification of an economist. He later pursued his post-graduate studies at the same institution, earning the degree of a Doctor. Mikael Melkumyan also holds the title of Professor of Economics.

Career

From 1987 until 1998, Melkumyan was a professor at the ASIE Chair of Industrial Economics. Between 1999 and 2000, he was the chief of staff at the

Ministry of Social Security Ministry of Social Security or Department of Social Security is the government entity responsible for social security affairs. It may be a ministry office, a department, or, as in the United States, a nominally independent agency. Notable ones ar ...

. Since

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, he has been a professor at the ASUE Chair in Microeconomics and Entrepreneurial Activity. Also in 2000, Melkumyan was appointed a deputy minister of state property management, a post which he held until 2003.

Engagement in politics

Melkumyan was elected to the

three times: on May 6, 2012, as a proportional representation candidate from the

party, on April 2, 2017, as a member of Tsarukyan Alliance, a political bloc led by

Gagik Tsarukyan Gagik Tsarukyan ( hy, Գագիկ Ծառուկյան; born 25 November 1956) is an Armenian businessman, politician, and former athlete. Tsarukyan is the founder and leader of the Prosperous Armenia political party. He also owns various large-sca ...

, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party, and on December 9, 2018, again as a representative of Prosperous Armenia.

Personal life

Mikayel Melkumyan is married and has three sons.

Published works

* Use of Secondary Raw in the Republic of Armenia: Existing Problems and Challenges, Yerevan, 1991 * Entrepreneurship and Investments, Yerevan, 1998 * State Property Management and Business, Yerevan, 2001 * Entrepreneurship and Business, Yerevan, 2006

Awards

* Mkhitar Gosh Medal (2016)

References

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