Ara Abrahamyan (; born 15 April 1957 in Malishka,

Yeghegnadzor Yeghegnadzor ( ) is a town and urban municipal community in southern Armenia, serving as the provincial capital of Vayots Dzor Province and the Yeghegnadzor Municipality. It is located at a road distance of south of the capital Yerevan, on th ...

District, Armenia) () is a prominent

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, and businessmen. He was born in

Malishka Malishka () is a village and rural municipal community of the Yeghegnadzor Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. Economy Almost all of the population lives by Subsistence agriculture, subsistence farming. The only other places ...

, a village in

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Region, Armenia, in a family of physicians. He attended Yerevan State Agricultural University and gained a degree in

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Career

He started his career path as an engineer in “Neuron” Industrial enterprise growing to the General Manager of the company. In 1989, he was appointed the Deputy Head of the Department at the USSR Ministry of Electronic Industry. Benevolence dining hall “Arshavir and Baidzar Abrahamyan” opened in Yerevan in 2001. Ara Abrahamyan has hold the position of the President of the Union of

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in Russia since 2000 and the President of the World Armenian Congress since 2003. He is also a co-Chairman of Production Councils with South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, France, Nigeria, Libya and the Russian Federation. He is also the current leader of the

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party. He participated in the releasing of 6 Armenian pilots from

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in 2005, detained by local authorities, and in the rescue of 12 Russian sailors, detained in

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in 2006.

Achievements/Orders

* 1991 - “Honored Employee” medal by USSR Ministry of Electronic Industry * 1996 - Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honor * 1998 - Night cross of Saint Constantine the Great * 1999 – Honored builder of Russia * 1999 – UNESCO Certificate of Honor for high social activity (for participation in rebuilding the Kremlin Fortress) * 2000 - “Saint Enlightener Order”, the highest award of the Armenian Apostolic Church, for merits to the Armenian people. * 2001 – “For genuine dedication” medal by “Orthodox Russia” Social Movement. * 2001 - “For strengthening Military Cooperation” medal by the Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation. * 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011- “Man of the Year” national prize of Russian Federation for strengthening the civil society. * 2002 – Order of Friendship of Russian Federation * 2003 – Gold medal by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. * 2003 – UNESCO’s “Good Will Ambassador” * 2005 - National order of the legion of Honor of France. For developing Russian-French relations and promoting greater cooperation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abramyan, Ara 1957 births Living people People from Vayots Dzor Province Russian people of Armenian descent Russian businesspeople Yerevan State University alumni UNESCO goodwill ambassadors