Ashot Ghoulian
Ashot Ghoulian served as NKR Foreign Minister from 2002 to 2004
Ashot Ghoulian was named Foreign Affairs Minister
on October 11, 2002. Prior to his appointment, Ghoulian served as Chairman
of the Artsakh Democratic Union, a major political organization in Nagorno
Karabakh.
A career civil servant, Ghoulian was appointed Deputy
Foreign Minister in 1998 following three years as the Head of the Foreign
Ministry's political department. Ghoulian also managed the Diaspora
and Bilateral Affairs Department.
In 1992, Ghoulian served as a senior advisor to the
Foreign Affairs Commission of the Supreme Council (NKR parliament) and
one year later rose to the position of Assistant to the Speaker of the
Parliament.
As a member of the NKR delegation, in 1995-1997 Ghoulian
participated in OSCE Minsk Group-mediated negotiations on Nagorno Karabakh
in Europe and Russia. He holds the diplomatic rank of the Extraordinary
Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister.
Minister Ghoulian is a graduate of the Artsakh
State University, where he studied history and law. He was born in 1965
in Nagorno Karabakh and is married with three sons.
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