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PO Box 1345
Wheaton, MD 20915
Tel: 301.933.3552
Fax: 301.949.0065
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Armenia
His Excellency Tatoul Markarian
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Tatoul Markarian was appointed ambassador of Armenia to the United States on March 19, 2005.
Ambassador Markarian previously served as deputy minister of foreign affairs since June 2000. In that capacity, he was the Armenian coordinator for the U.S.-Armenia Strategic Dialogue as well as the NATO-Armenia Political-Military Dialogue. From 2002 to 2003, Ambassador Markarian was special represent ative of the Armenian president for the Nagorno Karabakh negotiations.
Other previous diplomatic assignments include a term as deputy chief of mission and minister-counselor at the Armenian Embassy in Washington, D.C., from December 1994 to January 1999. Before joining the Armenian Foreign Service, Ambassador Markarian served in newly independent Armenia’s legislative and executive branches as assistant to the vice chairman of the Armenian Parliament (1990-91) and assistant and then adviser to the Armenian vice president (1991-94), also serving as acting chief of staff to the prime minister of Armenia (1991-92).
Ambassador Markarian holds a master’s degree in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and is a doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He graduated from the Yerevan University of National Economy in 1985 and completed a doctorate in economics at the same university in 1989.
In addition to his native Armenian, Ambassador Markarian is fluent in English and Russian. He is married with one son.
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Embassy of Armenia
2225 R St. NW
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: (202) 319-1976
Fax: (202) 319-2982
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