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Pashinyan appointed Tigran Simonyan as deputy head of Armenia`s Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

Pashinyan appointed Tigran Simonyan as deputy head of Armenia`s Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

ArmInfo. Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Tigran Simonyan has been appointed Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports (MESC) of Armenia by decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

The press service of the MESCS of Armenia reported that Simonyan will oversee the sports sector. The ministry explained that Simonyan received his professional education at the State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports of Armenia, where he subsequently began his career. He has taught at the institute since 1996. He has held the positions of Head of Research at the G. Topalyan Department of Cyclic Sports, Dean of the Faculty of Coaching and Pedagogics, member of the Institutional Accreditation Working Group, and from 2024 to 2026, he served as Rector of the same institute. He has been involved in track and field since 1984, was a member of the Armenian national track and field team, and a prize winner at national and international competitions.

It should be noted that Karen Giloyan previously oversaw the field, holding this position from December 2020 to January 8, 2025.

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