Ambassador

H.E. Mrs. Karine KAZINIAN

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia
to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

 

Karine Kazinian was appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Presidential decree on September 8, 2011.

Ms. Kazinian assumed her duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Court of St.James’s on September 12, 2011. Before her appointment, she served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia in charge of bilateral and multilateral European Affairs, as well as Asia- Pacific and Africa Department. She was also the Chief negotiator with the EU on Armenia-EU Association Agreement.

Having graduated from the Philology Department of Yerevan State University, Karine Kazinian began her diplomatic career in 1977 and has since then occupied various positions at the Foreign Missions abroad. With the launch of Eastern Partnership Initiative, Deputy Minister Kazinian became the first Chief negotiator with the EU on Armenia-EU Association Agreement and as the head of the Eastern Partnership Multilateral Platform 1- Democracy, Good Governance and Stability, participated in numerous sessions in Brussels.

Date and Place of Birth

8 January, 1955, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

Education

1977 - Yerevan State University, Philology Department

June 2010 Harvard Kennedy Government School, Executive Education

Professional Experience

2009 – 2011 Deputy Foreign Minister, Chief Negotiator on Armenia-EU Association Agreement

2001-2009 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Federal Republic of Germany

1999-2001 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Romania

1997-1999 - Chargé d’Affaires of the Republic of Armenia in Romania

1992-1994 - Lecturer of English at Law and Philology Departments, Yerevan State University

1983-1988 - the USSR Embassy in Portugal

1977-1981 - the USSR Embassy in Mozambique

Diplomatic rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Awards

Armenian Medal of Mkhitar Gosh

Romanian Grand Cross Order for Merit

Languages

English, Russian, Romanian, German, Portuguese

Marital Status

Widowed, with a daughter and a son