Gagik Harutyunyan

Gagik Harutyunyan (Armenian: Գագիկ Հարութիունյան) born on March 23, 1948 in Kotayk Province (marz) of Armenia. On November 22, 1991 he was elected Prime Minister of Armenia until July 30, 1992.^[1]

Harutyunyan was elected as Vice President of Levon Ter-Petrossian and served from 11 November 1991 until February 1996, when the post was abolished by the new constitution. As replacement, the National Assemble elected him as the president of the center of constitutional law of Armenia. In November 1998 he became member of the council of international association of constitutional law.

Gagik Harutyunyan was born on March 23, 1948 in Armenia.

1970 - graduated from the faculty of Economics of the Yerevan State University with honour, thereafter was a post-graduate student in the Yerevan State University.

1973 - was a lecturer in the Yerevan State University, then was the chief lecturer, Docent in the Institute of National Economics.

1977-1978- conducted scientific research at the Belgrade University (Yugoslavia)

1982-1987 - was an economist-lecturer in the Central Committee of Communist Party of the Armenian Republic.

1987 - was appointed as a head of the Social-Economic Department of the Central Committee.

1990 - was elected as a Deputy of Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia, in the same year was elected as a Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia.

1991 - was elected as a Vice-President of the Republic of Armenia.

From November 1991 to July 1992 has carried out duties of Prime-Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

On February 6, 1996 was nominated as the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.

Since 1996 - President of the Center of Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia.

In December 1997 was elected as a Member of International Academy of Information.

Since 1997 /October/ - the President of the permanent acting conference of the constitutional control bodies of the states of new democracy and the President of the Editorial Board of International Bulletin "Constitutional Justice".

Since 1997 - the member of the European Commission (Venice Commission) "Democracy through Law" of the Council of Europe.

According to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia on April 23, 1998, Gagik Harutyunayan was awarded The High Judicial Qualification of a Judge.

Since November 1998 - Member of International Association of Constitutional Law.

In March 1999 defended the dissertation on "Constitutional Court in the state power system" (comparative analysis). G. Harutyunyan is a Doctor of Law, Professor.

Author of more than 120 scientific works dedicated on the basic issues of Regional Development, State Governing, Democratization of Society, Constitutional Law and Constitutional Justice.

References

External links

• The President of the Constitutional Court