Ara Papian (Armenian: Արա Պապյան; born June 6, 1961) is an Armenian lawyer, historian and diplomat. He served as Armenia's Ambassador to Canada from 2000 to 2006. He is currently the president of the "Modus Vivendi" Center for Social Science.[1]
Ara Papian | |
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| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Canada | |
| In office 2000–2006 | |
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| Born | June 6, 1961 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Children | 2 sons (Narek and Taron) |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University (MA) Moscow Diplomatic Academy NATO Defense College |
| Occupation | lawyer, historian and diplomat |
| Website | www |
Early years and education
editPapian was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, then Soviet Union on June 6, 1961. In the 1980s, he served in the Soviet Army in Afghanistan as a military translator.[1] He was decorated seven times with military awards.[2]
Papian first graduated from the Yerevan State University in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in history. In 1989, he completed postgraduate degree studies in Armenian History at Yerevan State University.[3] Papian graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 1994 and from the NATO Defense College in Rome in 1999.[1] He also completed a course of study in Public Diplomacy (1999, Oxford).
Papian also lectured on Armenian language and literature at the Melkonian Educational Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus[1] and taught Armenian and Iranian history at Yerevan State University from 1987 to 1989 and from 1998 to 2000.[4]
Diplomat career
editPapian worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia for many years, holding different positions. He worked as secretary and head of numerous departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also worked in Tehran, Iran and Bucharest, Romania as secretary. Later he was appointed the spokesman and Head of Public Affairs Department. From 2000 to 2006 he was the Armenia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada.[1]
Later activities and vies
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After his retirement from his diplomatic career, Papian studied legal aspects of the Armenian Question, the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Wilsonian Armenia, etc.
He has given speeches in many Armenian communities throughout the world (including Los Angeles)[5] on these issues.[6]
Ara Papian is an advocate of minority rights and has stated in his interviews that Armenia should assist nation-less ethnic groups, such as the Talysh and Lezgin people, to secede from Azerbaijan.[7]
Ara Papian is founder and Head of the Modus Vivendi Center.[8]
Ara Papian is a member of the National Democratic Pole.
Personal life
editPapian is fluent in Armenian, Russian, English, Persian and Greek. He is married, with two sons: Narek and Taron.[1]
Publications
edit- (in Armenian and English) Ara Papian, Legal Bases for the Armenian Claims (Collection of Articles), 2008, Toronto.
- Arbitral Award of the President of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson: Full Report of the Committee upon the Arbitration of the Boundary between Turkey and Armenia, Washington, November 22, 1920, (Prepared with an Introduction and Indexes by Ara Papian), 2011, Yerevan.
- (in Armenian) Ara Papian, HAYRENATIRUTYUN (Reclaiming the Homeland): Legal Bases for the Armenian claims and Related Issues (Collection of Articles), 2012, Yerevan.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Papian, Ara (2009). Legal Bases for Armenian Claims (PDF). Yerevan: Modus Vivendi. p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ^ Ara Papian, Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group
- ^ Ara Papian, Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group
- ^ Ara Papian, Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group
- ^ "ARA PAPIAN TO SPEAK AT 'ANC GRASSROOTS' PANEL ON TRANSNATIONAL JUSTICE". Armenian National Committee. 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "Woodrow Wilson's Arbitral Award the Best Solution, Says Ara Papian". Asbarez. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ Հայաստանը պետք է Ադրբեջանին, որպես քաղաքական միավոր, տրոհի՝ համագործակցելով պետականազուրկ ազգերի հետ. Արա Պապյան. Tert.am (in Armenian). 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Staff of Modus Vivendi Center". Modus Vivendi Center. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
External links
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Media related to Ara Papian at Wikimedia Commons