Minister: Biography
Karine Kazinian
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Date and Place of Birth:

8 January, 1955
Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

Education

1977
Yerevan State University, Philology Department

 

Professional Experience

1977-1981 USSR Embassy in Mozambique

1983-1988 USSR Embassy in Portugal

1992-1994 Lecturer of English at Law and Philology Departments, Yerevan State University

1997-1999 Chargé d’Affaires of the Republic of Armenia in Romania

1999-2001 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Romania

2001-2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Federal Republic of Germany

Diplomatic rank:
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Awards
Armenian Medal of Mkhitar Gosh
Romanian Order for Merit Grand Cross

Languages
English, Russian, German, Portuguese, Romanian

Marital Status
Widowed, with a daughter and a son