Masis Mayilyan

Masis Mayilyan
Մասիս Մայիլյան
Mayilyan in 2018
Foreign Minister of Artsakh
In office
25 September 2017 – 4 January 2021
PresidentBako Sahakyan
Arayik Harutyunyan
Preceded byKaren Mirzoyan
Succeeded byDavid Babayan
Personal details
Born (1967-09-14) 14 September 1967 (age 57)
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent

Masis Samveli Mayilyan (Armenian: Մասիս Սամվելի Մայիլյան; born 14 September 1967) is a politician, diplomat and former presidential candidate who previously worked in the Republic of Artsakh. From September 2017 until January 2021, he served as the Foreign Minister of Artsakh.[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Mayilyan was born on 14 September 1967 in Stepanakert, the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, then a part of the Azerbaijani SSR. From 1984 to 1991 he studied at the Stepanakert State Pedagogical Institute and graduated from the Department of Physics and Mathematics, majoring in engineering and physics. From 1991 to 1992 he pursued his postgraduate studies Armenian State Pedagogical University in Yerevan. He graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in 1998.[2]

Career

Mayilyan began his career at the State Defense Committee of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1992 to 1993. He worked as the chief expert for the committee's information and press sections. In 1993 he began his work at the Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, where he occupied various posts and participated in the negotiation process for the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[2] From 2001 to 2007, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister under President Arkadi Ghukasyan.[2]

2007 Artsakh presidential election

In the 2007 Artsakh presidential election, Mayilyan ran for President of Artsakh for the first time, receiving 12.53% of the vote and coming in at second place behind Bako Sahakyan, who won 85.12% of the vote and became Artsakh's third president.[3]

Foreign Minister and 2020 presidential campaign

On 25 September 2017, Mayilyan was appointed Foreign Minister by President Bako Sahakyan.[4] He participated in 2020 Artsakhian general election as a presidential candidate and was endorsed by New Artsakh Alliance[5][6] and Samvel Babayan's United Motherland party.[7] He came at the second place in the first round of the election and a run-off between him and Arayik Harutyunyan was held on 14 April 2020.[8] However, he made an announcement urging the people of Artsakh not to participate in the second round of elections in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.[9][10] Mayilyan received nearly 12% in the run-off vote, while Arayik Harutyunyan received 88% of the vote and became the 4th President of Artsakh.[11]

Mayilyan was reappointed to the post of foreign minister after the inauguration of President Arayik Harutyunyan in May 2020.[12] On 1 December 2020, in the aftermath of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, President Harutyunyan announced that a national unity government would be formed and a number of cabinet officials would be replaced.[13] Masis Mayilyan was dismissed in early January 2021 and was made an ambassador-at-large. He was succeeded by David Babayan.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "I welcome the observation of holding unconditionally free, fair and transparent elections in Artsakh: Masis Mayilyan". Aravot. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c "Արցախի Հանրապետության դիվանագիտական ներկայացուցիչներ". despan.am. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Former Security Chief Wins Nagorno-Karabakh Vote". rferl.org. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Մասիս Մայիլյանը նշանակվել է Արցախի ԱԳ նախարար". newsarmenia.am. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Alliance of Artsakh political parties to endorse current Karabakh FM in upcoming elections". news.am. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  6. ^ "Artsakh presidential candidate canceling pre-election meetings". news.am. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. ^ "Artsakh's 2020 Election: The Essential Primer". www.evnreport.com. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  8. ^ "Արայիկ Հարությունյանն ու Մասիս Մայիլյանը կմասնակցեն Արցախի նախագահական ընտրությունների երկրորդ փուլին". Hetq.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  9. ^ "Մասիս Մայիլյանը կոչ է անում համավարակի պայմաններում չմասնակցել երկրորդ փուլի քվեարկությանը". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան (in Armenian). Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  10. ^ "Կոչ եմ անում կորոնավիրուսի վտանգի պայմաններում չմասնակցել երկրորդ փուլի քվեարկությանը․ Մասիս Մայիլյան". news.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  11. ^ Harutyunyan, Sargis (15 April 2020). "Արայիկ Հարությունյանն ընտրվել է Արցախի նախագահ, ստացել է 88 տոկոս քվե. ԿԸՀ". azatutyun.am. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Մասիս Մայիլյանը՝ Արցախի ԱԳ նախարար, Սամվել Բաբայանը՝ ԱԽ քարտուղար". azatutyun.am. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  13. ^ Meljumyan, Ani (7 January 2021). "Nagorno-Karabakh shuffles top officials, plans new elections". eurasianet.org. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Artsakh's former FM Masis Mayilian appointed Ambassador-at-Large".
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Preceded by Foreign Minister of Artsakh
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