Ashot Khachaturyants

Ashot Khachaturyants
8th President of the Russian Premier League
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 November 2021
Preceded bySergey Pryadkin
Personal details
Born
Ashot Rafailovich Khachaturyants

(1968-05-25) 25 May 1968 (age 56)
Kislovodsk, Russia, Soviet Union
Alma materGubkin Moscow Oil and Gas Institute
OccupationChairman of the Management Board, CEO

Ashot Rafailovich Khachaturyants (Russian: Ашот Рафаилович Хачатурянц; born May 25, 1968, Kislovodsk, Stavropol Krai, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian football functionary, Philanthropist of Armenian origin, former vice president and member of the bureau of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union,[1] and former president of the Russian Premier League.[2][3]

Biography

In 1991 he completed his studies at the Gubkin Moscow Oil and Gas Institute and in the same year began working for the Gazxport company, a subsidiary of the Gazprom Corporation. He was later appointed as Chairman of the "Siderca" Group, an Argentine company that engaged in the oil business and was later acquired by the Japanese. During the 90s he lived and worked in Buenos Aires. In later interview, after becoming President of the Russian Premier League, he revealed himself as strong supporter of the Argentine Football.[4][5][6]

In November 2019 he was appointed to manage the Referees Committee of the Russian Football Union and also was Head of the Expert Referees Committee, under the Union's President Alexander Dyukov. Due to this he became a member of the committee for the football development program in the board of directors of the Russian Football Union.[7]

In October 2021 he was appointed as acting President of the Russian Premier League,[8][9] replacing Sergey Pryadkin who resigned.[10][11] However, on June 27, 2022, he announced his resignation from the post of president of the RFPL.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Ashot Khachaturyants elected President of Russian Premier League". Archived from the original on 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. ^ Рулить РПЛ пока будет Хачатурянц. Что мы о нем знаем? Archived 2021-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, Sports.ru
  3. ^ "Russian football league elects Khachaturyants as president". news9live.com. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  4. ^ "Khachaturyants elected as president of Russia's football Premier League". Vestnik Kavkaza. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  5. ^ "Хачатурянц рассказал о своем видении идеальной Российской премьер-лиги - Спорт - ТАСС". tass.ru. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  6. ^ «Восемь команд борются за чемпионство». Хачатурянц рассказал об идеальной модели РПЛ Archived 2021-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, championat.com
  7. ^ "У российских судей новый босс: работал с ФСБ, помогал Грефу в Минэкономразвития, а сейчас в "Сбербанке"". 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  8. ^ "Russian soccer league elects Khachaturyants as president". bradenton.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  9. ^ "Биография исполняющего обязанности президента Российской премьер-лиги Ашота Хачатурянца". Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  10. ^ "Russian soccer league president steps down after 14 years". 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  11. ^ "Ashot Khachaturyants appointed as acting president of Russia's football Premier League". Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  12. ^ "Александр Алаев избран новым президентом РПЛ". 16 August 2022.