Alexander Arzoumanian
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Alexander Arzoumanian (born December 24, 1959) was Armenia’s
first ambassador to the United States
(from 1992–1993) and to the United Nations
(from 1992–1996). He served as minister of foreign affairs from 1996 until his resignation, with President Levon Ter-Petrossian
, in 1998. Since then, he has been involved in local politics, as chairman of the Armenian National Movement
(2000–2002), and in the private sector, as chief advisor to the president of Armagrobank (1998–2000). At present, he works with local NGOs in the area of human rights, democracy, and regional cooperation, and is a founding member of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission
, an independent group of prominent Armenians and Turks. The TARC was established in July 2001 to promote mutual understanding and good will between the people of Armenia and Turkey
, and to encourage improved relations between the countries. In July 2002, the TARC commissioned a groundbreaking legal analysis regarding the applicability of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to the Armenian Genocide from the New York based International Center for Transitional Justice.
Arzoumanian holds a BS from People’s Friendship University in Moscow’s and an MS in mathematics from Yerevan State University
. He was working as a theoretical mathematician when he became involved in the independence movement in the late 1980s. He ran the information center of the Armenian national movement
, and published the Movement’s newspaper and other samizdat literature until Armenia became independent in 1991.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
first ambassador to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(from 1992–1993) and to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
(from 1992–1996). He served as minister of foreign affairs from 1996 until his resignation, with President Levon Ter-Petrossian
Levon Ter-Petrossian
Levon Ter-Petrossian , sometimes transliterated Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Ter-Petrosian , was the first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998...
, in 1998. Since then, he has been involved in local politics, as chairman of the Armenian National Movement
Armenian national movement
Armenian national movement, also known as the "Armenian revolutionary movement" and Armenian national liberation movement was the Armenian national effort to re-establish an Armenian state in the historic Armenian homelands of eastern Asia Minor and the Transcaucasus...
(2000–2002), and in the private sector, as chief advisor to the president of Armagrobank (1998–2000). At present, he works with local NGOs in the area of human rights, democracy, and regional cooperation, and is a founding member of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission
Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission
The Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission was made in 2001 to help Turkey and Armenia be closer. The main goal was to make the governments more active....
, an independent group of prominent Armenians and Turks. The TARC was established in July 2001 to promote mutual understanding and good will between the people of Armenia and Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, and to encourage improved relations between the countries. In July 2002, the TARC commissioned a groundbreaking legal analysis regarding the applicability of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to the Armenian Genocide from the New York based International Center for Transitional Justice.
Arzoumanian holds a BS from People’s Friendship University in Moscow’s and an MS in mathematics from Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University is a university in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded on May 16 1919, it is the largest university in the country with 110 departments. Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents , and 360 assistant lecturers...
. He was working as a theoretical mathematician when he became involved in the independence movement in the late 1980s. He ran the information center of the Armenian national movement
Armenian national movement
Armenian national movement, also known as the "Armenian revolutionary movement" and Armenian national liberation movement was the Armenian national effort to re-establish an Armenian state in the historic Armenian homelands of eastern Asia Minor and the Transcaucasus...
, and published the Movement’s newspaper and other samizdat literature until Armenia became independent in 1991.