Armen Darbinyan

Armen Darbinyan
Արմեն Դարբինյան
Darbinyan in 2010
Minister of Industry and Trade of Armenia
In office
1999–2000
Preceded byHayk Gevorgyan
Succeeded byKaren Chshmaritian
7th Prime Minister of Armenia
In office
10 April 1998 – 11 June 1999
PresidentRobert Kocharyan
Preceded byRobert Kocharyan
Succeeded byVazgen Sargsyan
Minister of Finance of Armenia
In office
15 May 1997 – 10 April 1998
Preceded byLevon Barkhudaryan
Succeeded byEdward Sandoyan
First Vice-Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia
In office
1994–1997
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byArthur Javadyan
Personal details
Born (1965-01-23) January 23, 1965 (age 61)
Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Gyumri, Armenia)
Partynone
EducationMoscow State University
Awards

Armen Razmiki Darbinyan (Armenian: Արմեն Ռազմիկի Դարբինյան; born January 23, 1965) is an Armenian politician and university administrator who served as Prime Minister of Armenia from 1998 to 1999. In 1994, he was appointed First Vice-Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia. In 1997, Darbinyan was appointed Armenian Minister of Finance. On April 10, 1998, he was appointed the Prime Minister of Armenia until June 11, 1999. Since 2001, Armen Darbinyan has been rector of Russian-Armenian State University. In April 2023, Darbinyan announced that he would not stand for reelection as rector of the university, citing a lack of support from the Russian and Armenian governments.

Early life and education

Darbinyan was born on 23 January 1965 in Leninakan, which was part of the Armenian SSR at the time of his birth. In 1986, he received an honors degree at the Department of Economy at Moscow State University. In 1989, Darbinyan completed a post-graduate course at Moscow State University. Afterward, from 1989 to 1991, he was an assistant at the Department of Finance and Credit of the Faculty of Economics at his alma mater. He also worked in the representative office of Armenia in Moscow during this time as a specialist in the economic department. He eventually became Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Armenia Interstate Commission for the Settlement of Issues of the external debt of the USSR following its collapse. Then, from 1992 to 1994, he was general director of the Armenian Foreign Trade Union "Armenintorg" before becoming First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.

References

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