Karine Kazinian | |
Office: | Armenia Ambassador to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Term Start: | September 8, 2011 |
Term End: | December 6, 2012 |
Office2: | Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Armenia to Germany |
Term Start2: | 2001 |
Term End2: | 2009 |
Predecessor2: | Armen Martirosyan |
Term Start3: | 1999 |
Term End3: | 2001 |
Birth Date: | 1955 1, df=yes |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Occupation: | Ambassador |
Awards: | Medal of Mkhitar Gosh Romanian Grand Cross Order for Merit |
Spouse: | Widowed |
Children: | A son and a daughter |
Karine Kazinian (née Kroyan) (hy|Կարինե Լորիսի Ղազինյան (Կրոյան); 8 January 1955 – 6 December 2012) was Ambassador of Armenia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She attended and graduated from Yerevan State University in 1977. Previously, she worked in the Soviet embassies in Portugal, Africa, and Romania. Karine was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia in 2009, and on 8 September 2011 she became Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1]
Kazinian won the Armenian Medal of Mkhitar Gosh and Romanian Grand Cross Order for Merit. She had a daughter and a son. She died on 6th December 2012.