Davit Lokyan (

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: Դավիթ Լոքյան; born: January 20, 1958) is an Armenian politician. He served as the Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of

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from 2016 to 2018.

Biography

He was born on January 20, 1958, in

Ninotsminda Ninotsminda ( Georgian: ნინოწმინდა ; Armenian: Նինոծմինդա) is a town and a center of the Ninotsminda Municipality located in Georgia's southern district of Samtskhe-Javakheti. According to the 2014 census the tow ...

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. ; Positions held * 1998-1999 - Deputy Governor of

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. * May 30, 1999 - Elected Member of Parliament. Member of the Standing Committee on Fiscal, Credit and Economic Affairs. Head of the ARF faction. * 2001-2003 - was the Minister of Urban Development of Armenia. * 2003-2008 - Minister of Agriculture of Armenia. * On February 24, 2016, by the decree of the

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, he was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of

. * On April 19, 2018, Lokyan became the Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of Armenia in the government of Serzh Sargsyan. On April 23, as a result of protests, Sargsyan left office and

Karen Karapetyan Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan (; born 14 August 1963) is an Armenian politician who was Prime Minister of Armenia from September 2016 until April 2018. He was previously Mayor of Yerevan, the capital, from 2010 to 2011. He was appointed prime ministe ...

became prime minister, while Lokyan remained in his post as acting.Президент Армении завершил формирование правительства страны
/ref> Three days later David Lokyan submitted his resignation.

Awards

* Anania Shirakatsi Medal * Vachagan Barepasht Medal * Armenian Prime Minister's Commemorative Medal

References

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Biography

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