| David Tonoyan Դավիթ Տոնոյան | |
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| Defence Minister of Armenia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2018[1] | |
| President | Armen Sarkissian |
| Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Preceded by | Vigen Sargsyan |
| Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia | |
In office 6 February 2017 – 10 May 2018 | |
| President | Serzh Sargsyan Armen Sarkissian |
| Prime Minister | Karen Karapetyan |
| Preceded by | Armen Yeritsyan |
| Succeeded by | Hrachya Rostomyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1967 (age 51) Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 2 |
David Edgari Tonoyan (Armenian:Դավիթ Էդգարի Տոնոյան; born December 27, 1967) is an Armenian politician, and the current Defence Minister of Armenia.
Biography[]
Tonoyan with Seyran Ohanyan.
He was born on December 27, 1967, in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk (Now Oskemen), in the East Kazakhstan Region of the Kazakh SSR, or modern day Kazakhstan. In 1986, he joined the Soviet Armed Forces's Transcaucasian Military District. In 1991, he moved to Yerevan to attend Yerevan State University. Between 1998 and 2007, Tonoyan held various positions at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, serving as the Armenian Representative in NATO for three years. In 2007, Tonoyan returned to Armenia to become the head of departments on international military cooperation and defense policy in the Ministry of Defense.
Tonoyan with Anatoly Antonov in 2012.
From 2010 to 2017, Tonoyan served a First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, serving under Seyran Ohanyan and Vigen Sargsyan. According to a presidential decree signed on February 6, David Tonoyan was appointed to the position of Minister of Emergency Situations.[2] Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appointed Tonoyan as defense minister on May 11, 2018, after Pashinyan took office resigned three days earlier. He was recommended to the post by MP Ararat Mirzoyan, who said that Tonoyan was "Absolutely qualified to be Armenian Defense Minister".[3] He is currently married with two children.[4][5]
Education[]
- 1991 - Yerevan State University
- 1997 - Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Awards[]
- Order "For Services to Fatherland
- Medal For Meritorious Service
- Vazgen Sargsyan Medal
- Andranik Ozanyan Medal
Sources[]
- ↑ http://arka.am/en/news/politics/breaking_david_tonoyan_to_be_appointed_as_armenian_defense_minister_pashinyan/
- ↑ http://www.armradio.am/en/2017/02/06/david-tonoyan-appointed-minister-of-emergency-situations/
- ↑ https://news.am/eng/news/448373.html
- ↑ http://people-archive.ru/character/david-edgarovich-tonoyan
- ↑ "Official Government Website". http://www.gov.am/en/gov-members/720/. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
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