Ashot Kocharian
Executive Manager of the BSEC PERMIS in charge of Energy and Emergency Assistance areas
Ashot Kocharian, Executive Manager of the BSEC PERMIS in charge of Energy and Emergency Assistance areas
Date and Place of Birth - June 8, 1957, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Education
1979 - Yerevan Institute of Russian and Foreign Languages, department of
English and Russian languages and literature
1987-1990 - Institute of Philosophy and Law of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, postgraduate studies
1992 - Special course for diplomats, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, the Hague
1993-1994 - Vienna Diplomatic Academy, Austria
Professional Experience
1979-1984 – Teacher of Russian and English languages in the secondary school of Marmarashen, Masis region, Armenia
1983-1984 - Deputy Principal of the same school
1984-1986 – Interpreter of English language in Iraq, Baghdad
1991-1992 - Scientific Secretary, Institute of Philosophy and Law of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
1992-1993 Department of European Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Second secretary
1994-1997 Head of the UN, OSCE and other international organizations division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
1997-1999 - First Secretary in the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Vienna, Austria
1999 – 2002 Counselor of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia in charge of Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues
2002-2003 - Director of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002-2003 - Chairman of Interagency Commission on Human Trafficking
2003 -2005 - Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of Armenia
February 2005 – August 2009, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic India
July 2005 – August 2011 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Indonesia (with residence in New Delhi).
October 2005 –August 2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Sri Lanka (with residence in New Delhi).
July 2006 – August 2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Nepal (with residence in New Delhi).
March 2009 – August 2011 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Malaysia (with residence in New Delhi)
September 2009 – March 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Lebanon
June 2016 –July 2019 Director of Bilateral and Multilateral Economic Co-operation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
June 2016 – July 2019 Member of the Steering Committee of ICRANet (International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network)
2016 – 2019 Senior Official of the Republic of Armenia to BSEC
January 2018 – June 2018 - Chair of the BSEC Committee of Senior Officials during the Armenian BSEC Chairmanship
March 2018 – July 2019 - Member of the Board of Governors of the International Think Tank for Landlocked developing countries
Since 1 July 2019 – Executive Manager of the BSEC PERMIS in charge of Energy and Emergency Assistance areas