Mikayel Melkumyan
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Mikayel Melkumyan | |
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| Միքայել Մելքումյան | |
| Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Armenia | |
| In office 19 May 2017 – 14 January 2019 | |
| Speaker | Ara Babloyan |
| National Assembly Deputy | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1962 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Prosperous Armenia |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Armenian State University of Economics |
| Occupation | economist |
Mikayel Melkumyan (Armenian: Միքայել Սերգեյի Մելքումյան; born 1 April 1962) is an Armenian politician. He was first elected to the Armenian National Assembly in 2012 as a member of the Prosperous Armenia Party. He was re-elected in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election and subsequently chosen as one of three Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly.[1]
Biography[edit]
Mikayel Melkumyan was born on April 1, 1962, in Yerevan. He has served in the Soviet Army.
Education[edit]
In 1983, Melkumyan graduated from Armenian State University of Economics, 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[edit]
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. Since 2000, 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[edit]
Melkumyan was elected to the Armenian National Assembly three times: on May 6, 2012, as a proportional representation candidate from the Prosperous Armenia party, on April 2, 2017, as a member of Tsarukyan Alliance, a political bloc led by Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party, and on December 9, 2018, again as a representative of Prosperous Armenia.
Personal life[edit]
Mikayel Melkumyan is married and has three sons.
Published works[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Mkhitar Gosh Medal (2016)[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "Biography of Mikayel Melkumyan". National Assembly of Armenia. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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