Eduard Nalbandyan | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 14 April 2008 |
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Prime Minister |
Tigran Sargsyan Hovik Abrahamyan |
Preceded by | Vartan Oskanian |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kirovakan, Soviet Union (now Vanadzor, Armenia) |
16 July 1956
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Eduard Nalbandyan (Armenian: Էդվարդ Նալբանդյան) (born July 16, 1956) is an Armenian diplomat. He has served in the government of Armenia as Minister of Foreign Affairs since April 2008.
Nalbandyan was posted in Egypt from 1992 to 1998, first as charge d'affaires and then as Ambassador. He was then appointed as Ambassador to France in 1999; while holding this post, he concurrently served as Ambassador to Vatican City, Israel, and Andorra.
After Serzh Sargsyan took office as President, he appointed Nalbandyan as Foreign Minister on April 14, 2008.