Head of Mission

H.E. Mr. ARMAN ISRAELIAN

Head of the Mission of the
Republic of Armenia to NATO

Date of birth: OCTOBER 8, 1970

Employment record (in reverse chronological order):

June 2022 Head of Mission of Armenia to NATO

2018 – 2022 Head, Foreign Relations Department, National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

2017 – 2018 Minister-Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Kingdom of Belgium/Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the EU

2014 – 2017 Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Kingdom of Belgium/Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the EU

2013 – 2014 Counselor, Department of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

2010 – 2013 Counselor (Political Affairs), Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing

2008 - 2010 Head, NATO Division, Department for Arms Control and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

2005 - 2008 Counselor (Political Affairs), Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America, Washington D.C.

2002 – 2005 Head, Division for Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues, Department for Arms Control and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

National Authority for the implementation of the Convention for the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons

National point of contact (POC) for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Incident and Trafficking Database

1999 – 2002 First Secretary (Political Affairs), Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of India, New Delhi

1998 – 1999 Second Secretary, Division for Verification and Conventional Arms Control, Department for Arms Control and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

1994 – 1998 Attaché to Second Secretary, NATO Division, Department for Politico-Military issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

1994 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

1992 – 1994 Assistant Manager for Academic Programs, Foreign Language Training private educational institution

Education and professional training (in reverse chronological order):

2014 “Transnational Threats in a strategic context”

Executive courses, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, Washington DC, USA

2013 “Energy Security and International Law”,

Training courses, United Nations Institute for Training and Research/Moscow State Institute for International Relations (University), Moscow, Russian Federation

2005 “Specialized training for Export Control officials from CIS countries”, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan

2004 “Advanced Course for personnel involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention”

OPCW, the Hague, Netherlands

2004 “UN-CM Coordination Training Course on Civil and Military Coordination during international humanitarian assistance operations”

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Schwarzenburg, Switzerland

2003 United Nations Fellowship on Disarmament

2002 “Basic Course for personnel involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention”

OPCW, the Hague, Netherlands

1999 Specialized courses on “Knowledge Management and Diplomacy”

Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, Sliema, Malta

1998 “Integrated Partner Orientation Course on NATO’s role in peacekeeping operations”

NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy

1997 “National Security Strategy and Defense Economics”

George C. Marshall Center for National Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Distinguished Graduate/Executive Class 97-2

1995 Center for Political and Diplomatic Studies

Leeds University, United Kingdom

1987 – 1992 M.A. in History, Yerevan State University, Republic of Armenia

Marital status: Married, with two children

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Dual citizenship

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