Armen Darbinyan | |
Office: | Industry and Trade Minister of Armenia |
Term Start: | 1999 |
Term End: | 2000 |
Predecessor: | Hayk Gevorgyan |
Successor: | Karen Chshmaritian |
Office1: | 7th Prime Minister of Armenia |
Term Start1: | 10 April 1998 |
Term End1: | 11 June 1999 |
Predecessor1: | Robert Kocharyan |
Successor1: | Vazgen Sargsyan |
Office2: | Armenian Minister of Finance |
Term Start2: | 15 May 1997 |
Term End2: | 10 April 1998 |
Predecessor2: | Levon Barkhudaryan |
Successor2: | Edward Sandoyan |
Office3: | First Vice-Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia |
Term Start3: | 1994 |
Term End3: | 1997 |
Predecessor3: | position established |
Successor3: | Arthur Javadyan |
Birth Date: | January 23, 1964 |
Birth Place: | Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality: | Armenian |
Alma Mater: | Moscow State University |
Party: | none |
Native Name Lang: | hy |
Armen Razmiki Darbinyan (Armenian: Արմեն Ռազմիկի Դարբինյան; born January 23, 1964) is an Armenian politician and university administrator who served as Prime Minister of Armenia from 1998 to 1999. In 1994, he was appointed First Vice-Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia. In 1997, Darbinyan was appointed Armenian Minister of Finance.[1] On April 10, 1998, he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Armenia[2] until June 11, 1999. Since 2001, Armen Darbinyan has been rector of Russian-Armenian State University. In April 2023, Darbinyan announced that he would not stand for reelection as rector of the university, citing a lack of support from the Russian and Armenian governments.[3]
In 1986, he received an honors degree at the Department of Economy, Moscow State University. In 1989, Darbinyan completed a post-graduate course at Moscow State University.