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General Secretary

Ashot Avagyan

Ashot Avagyan

Colonel of the National Security Service
biography

Place and date of birth:

city of Yerevan, 20 November 1965



Education

1984-1991 — Faculty of Electrical Engineering of K. Marx Yerevan Polytechnic Institute



Work experience

1983 — Labourer at Yerevanshin Construction Company

1983-1984 — Labourer at Gyughshin Construction Union

1987 — Labourer at the Construction and Repair Department of Mashtots District

1988-1989 — Locksmith at Haygyughshin Construction Trust

1991-1995 — Mechanic at Kanaker Kanaker Aluminum Smelter

1995-2018 — Junior criminal investigator, Criminal Investigator, Senior Criminal Investigator, Head of Unit, Deputy Head of Division, Head of Division, Head of Department at the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia

2018-2019 — Deputy Finance Director at “Khachhar” LLC

2020-2021 — Deputy Head of Department at the Internal Security Department of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia

2021 — Department Advisor at the Internal Security Department of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia

2021 — Department Advisor at the Internal Security Department of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia

2021 – up to now — Senior Lecturer at the Scientific-Educational Centre of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia

2021-2023 — Acting Chief Secretary of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia

Since 16 March 2023 — Chief Secretary of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia



Awards

He has been awarded the Medal “For Combat Service” by the President of the Republic of Armenia, the Medal “For Impeccable Service” by the Director of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, the Award Pin of an Honorary Worker of the Security Bodies, as well as a Award Pin for contributions to the ensuring of security. He has been awarded the Medal for Strengthening of Co-operation by the Head of the Police of the Republic of Armenia,

He has also been awarded a number of departmental medals and certificates of the Border Guard Troops of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia and of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.



Other

1985-1987 — he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR, Senior Sergeant