GRIGORYAN Rafik

GRIGORYAN Rafik

Governor of Vayotz Dzor Region, Member of RPA Council

Date and Place of Birth
May 17, 1958, Dzoragyugh village, Gegharkunik Marz

Education
1989, Academy of Agriculture in Kiev (Ukraine)

Work Experience
1976-1977, Collective farm of Dzoraghyugh, worker
1982-1996, Work in Ukraine
1996-1999, Head of Dzoraghyugh community of Gegharkunik Marz
1999-2003, Deputy Governor of Gegharkunik Marz,
2003-2007, National Assembly member (electoral district N31), member of Financial, Budgetary and Economic Affairs Standing Committee, member of RPA faction
2007-2012, National Assembly member, proportional list, Republican Party of Armenia
May 6, 2012, elected National Assembly Member from the proportional list of RPA
2007-2008. Member of National Assembly Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs
2008, Member of NA Standing Committee on Territorial Management and Local Self-Government
2008-2012, Deputy Chairman of NA Standing Committee on Territorial Management and Local Self-Government, RPA Board member
2012, National Assembly member, elected by proportional representation, from the Republican Party of Armenia
2012, Elected Chairman of NA ad-hoc Accounting Committee
Since 2003, Chairman of RPA Gegharkunik Marz council
The governor of Gegharkunik June 28, 2012
As of June 28, 2012, Gegharkunik Marz Governor

Other Information
Service in the Soviet Army; Anania Shirakatsi medal awarded under a presidential decree; RA NA Medal of Honor, awarded by the National Assembly President, Defense Ministry’s Marshall Baghramian, Garegin Nzhdeh and Admiral Isakov medals, the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Agriculture awarded for achievements in agriculture, Police Medal awarded for close cooperation

Political Affiliation
Republican Party of Armenia

Marital Status
Married, with four children and a grandchild