PABSEC Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
BSEC ORGANIZATION

BLACK SEA TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BANK

BSEC BUSINESS COUNCIL

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR BLACK SEA STUDIES

Black Sea Universities Network

PRESIDENT

 

 Mr. Samvel NIKOYAN

PABSEC PRESIDENT

CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 

OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

 

Born on February 13, 1958 in the village of Sarnaghbyur in the Ani region (now Shirak province.)

1982 - he graduated from the present State engineering University of Armenia, with a specialty of an engineer-mechanic.1987 - Armenian branch of Marxism-Leninism University adjunct to USSR Central Committee.

1982 - 1990 - he worked as an engineer-constructor, and later as senior engineer, head of division, deputy head of production unit and head of production unit in Yerevan Hydro Apparatus Plant. 1995 - he was deputy chief engineer in Yerevan Experimental Machinery Plant. 1995 - 1998 - he was head of division in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia. 1998 - 2001 - he was deputy director of “Haymamul” (Armenian Media) CJSC. He was a member of National United Party (NUP), later member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA.) He is a member of RPA board.

2001 - 2003 - he was a chairman of the RPA (Republican Party of Armenia) Organization Committee.

2003 - 2007 - he was a deputy in the National Assembly (proportional system, RPA.) He was a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly. He was a member of Ad-Hoc Committee Studying the Effectiveness of the Use of Loans, Credits, Grants and Humanitarian Aid Received from Foreign States and International Organizations. He was a member of the Armenian delegation of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

On May 12, 2007 - he was elected a deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional system from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA.) He is a member of RPA board.

Since 2008 - head of the Armenian delegation of Inter-parliamentary Union.

On May 18, 2009 - he was elected Vice President of the National Assembly.

On December 6, 2011 he was elected President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

2005 - he was awarded with the Medal of "Andranik Ozanyan"  of the ARM Armed Forces, and 2006 - was awarded with the Commemorative Medal of RA Prime Minister.

He is married, with three children.

Welcome to PABSEC

Established on 26th February 1993 as a parliamentary dimension of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), the PABSEC has proved to be an effective forum for inter-parliamentary dialogue in the Black Sea region. With a membership of 76 parliamentarians representing the national parliaments of the twelve BSEC Member States, the PABSEC facilitates the mobilization of efforts by the national parliaments aimed at promoting democratic values, the rule of law, pluralistic society and market economy.
The main objective of the PABSEC is to provide assistance to the national parliaments in enacting the laws that are necessary for the implementation of the projects elaborated within the framework of the Organisation of the BSEC and to establish the legislative foundation for successful multilateral economic, political and cultural cooperation in the region.

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