Ashot Ghulian

Ashot Ghulian
Աշոտ Ղուլյան
President of the National Assembly of Artsakh
In office
1 July 2005 – 21 May 2020
Prime MinisterAnushavan Danielyan
Arayik Harutyunyan
Preceded byOleg Yesayan
Succeeded byArthur Tovmasyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh
In office
October 2002 – 2004
Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of Nagorno-Karabakh
In office
2004–2005
Personal details
Born (1965-08-19) 19 August 1965 (age 59)
Khndzristan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyDemocratic Party of Artsakh
Alma materStepanakert Pedagogical Institute

Ashot Vladimiri Ghulian (Armenian: Աշոտ Վլադիմիրի Ղուլյան; born 19 August 1965) was the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh between 2005 and 2020.[1][2]

Early life

He was born on 19 August 1965 in the Khndzristan village, Askeran Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan SSR. In 1983, Ghulian attended the Stepanakert Pedagogical Institute for Historical Studies. From 1984 to 1986, he served in the Soviet Army. Ghulian graduated from the faculty of the Department of Vanadzor Pedagogical Institute in Stepanakert in 1990. He taught at the Khndzristan high school and participated in village self-defense forces from 1991 to 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Career

On 1 December 1992, Ghulian joined the convocation of the Supreme Council for Foreign Relations Committee, becoming a senior adviser in 1993. In September, he became the Assistant of the Supreme Council to the President. He led the bilateral relations section of the Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Ministry beginning in January 1995, and the political administration beginning in January 1998. Ghulian was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs on 15 December 1998. He left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in June 2001, and the Democratic Party of Artsakh elected him chair of the social and political organization. In October 2002, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in 2004 he was appointed Minister of Education, Culture and Sports. Ghulian was elected president of the Central Council of the Democratic Party of Artsakh in January 2005. On 19 June 2005, he was elected to the 4th session of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh, as representation of the Artsakh Democratic Party for the 2005 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election. At the first plenary session of the National Assembly on 30 June 2005, Ghulian was elected speaker of the parliament. The Artsakh Democratic Party represented by him came in second at the 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election, behind the Free Motherland party.

Ghulian has made several visits to the United States to lobby for support.[3]

Personal life

Ghulian is married. He has been awarded the Order of St. Gregory the Illuminator.

References

  1. ^ "ASHOT GHULIAN IS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE NKR NEW PARLIAMENT". NKR MFA Press Service. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Former German ambassador visits Artsakh". Aysor. Retrieved 2013-10-18. The speaker of the National Assembly of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Ashot Ghulian received on October 7 the former German Ambassador to Armenia, member of Europe-Armenia Council Hans-Jochen Schmidt, the press service of the NKR National Assembly reported.
  3. ^ "Breakfast reception in honor of Mr. Ashot Ghulian, the Chairman of the National Assembly of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic)". California State Senate. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18. California Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian & State Senator Kevin De León Cordially invite you to attend a special breakfast reception in honor of: Mr. Ashot Ghulian, the Chairman of the National Assembly of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic).