Zograb Mnatsakanyan appointed Armenian foreign minister

Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan appointed the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zograb Mnatsakanyan as foreign minister, a decree was published on the presidential site today.

Zograb Mnatsakanyan graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 1990. He has worked for Armenia’s Foreign Ministry since 1991. In 2011-2014, Mnatsakanyan was a deputy foreign minister. Since 2014 he has been Armenia’s ambassador to the UN.