Argishti Kyaramyan

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Argishti Kyaramyan
Արգիշտի Քյարամյան
Deputy chairman of the Armenian Investigative Committee
Assumed office
24 December 2020
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Head of the Armenian National Security Service
In office
8 June – 8 October 2020
Deputy head of the Armenian National Security Service
In office
5 May – 8 June 2020
Deputy head of the Armenian Investigative Committee
In office
4 May – 5 May 2020
Deputy head of the Armenian State Control Service
In office
1 March 2019 – 4 May 2020
Personal details
Born (1991-05-22) May 22, 1991 (age 30)
Yeranos, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia
Children2
Alma materYerevan State University
ProfessionLawyer
Military service
AllegianceArmenian Armed Forces
Branch/service Armenian Ground Forces
Years of service2009–2011
2020
Battles/warsBattle of Shusha

Argishti Elbeki Kyaramyan (Armenian: Արգիշտի Էլբեկի Քյարամյան; born 1991) is an Armenian prosecutor and politician who had previously served as the deputy head of the Armenian State Control Service, the deputy head of the Armenian Investigative Committee, the deputy head of the Armenian National Security Service (NSS), and the head of the Armenian NSS. He currently serves as the deputy chairman of the Armenian Investigative Committee.

Early life[]

Argishti Elbeki Kyaramyan was born on 22 May 1991, in Yeranos of the Gegharkunik Province, which is part of Armenia. He served in the Armenian Armed Forces as a conscript from 2009 to 2011. Kyaramyan, who graduated from the law faculty of Yerevan State University in 2013, participated in prosecutorial courses at the Justice Academy of Armenia in 2015, and in 2016, he completed a master's degree in law at Yerevan State University.[1]

Career[]

Kyaramyan had served in the Armenian policing services from 2013, and from 2014, as an investigator in the Armenian Investigative Committee,[1] which he then served as the deputy head of.[2] From 2016 to 2018, he worked as a prosecutor in the Shirak Province, and then in the capital Yerevan.

From June 2018, he held senior positions in various government agencies. In May 2020, he was appointed the deputy director of the Armenian National Security Service (NSS),[3] and on 8 June 2020, he was promoted to the director of the Armenian NSS.[4] Kyaramyan was dismissed from this post on 8 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.[5][6] He had reportedly been appointed the commander of the Armenian forces in Shusha, during the three-day long battle over the city, despite having no military experience. Then, on 6 November, he left Shusha, stating that his duties in the region were completely fulfilled.[7] On 24 December 2020, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Armenian Investigative Committee.[8]

Personal life[]

Kyaramyan is married and has 2 children.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Արգիշտի Քյարամյանը նշանակվել է ԱԱԾ տնօրենի տեղակալ". Aravot.am (in Armenian). 5 May 2020. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ Karapetyan, Mkrtich (5 May 2020). "Արգիշտի Քյարամյան․ ինչու Փաշինյանը նախընտրեց "դեֆորմացիոն գործընթացը"". CivilNet (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Sarksyan, Armen (5 May 2020). "Հանրապետության նախագահի հրամանագրերը Հրամանագրեր". President of Armenia (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Հայտնի են նոր ոստիկանապետի, ԱԱԾ տնօրենի, ԶՈւ ԳՇ պետի անունները". Aravot.am (in Armenian). 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Mikael Hambardzumyan has been appointed acting director of the RA NSS". Iravaban.net. 7 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Արգիշտի Քյարամյանն ազատվեց ԱԱԾ տնօրենի պաշտոնից". Azatutyun (in Armenian). 8 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Mediaport: За несколько часов до проникновения диверсионной группы Азербайджана в Шуши Аргишти Кярамян покинул город" [Mediaport: A few hours before the penetration of the Azerbaijani sabotage group into Shushi, Argishti Kyaramyan left the city]. Armenian Report (in Russian). 5 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ Pashinyan, Nikol (24 December 2020). "Արգիշտի Քյարամյանը՝ ՀՀ քննչական կոմիտեի նախագահի տեղակալ". Prime Minister of Armenia (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via Aravot.am.
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