Nikol Pashinyan presented newly appointed head of the department to  the staff of Ministry of Defense

ArmInfo.Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on May 12 submitted to the officers of the Defense Ministry newly appointed head of the department David Tonoyan. 

As press secretary of the Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan informed in  his Facebook page, Nikol Pashinyan noted the importance of the  challenges to be addressed, and thanked former Minister Vigen  Sargsyan for the work done.

To note, David Tonoyan is not a new man in the Ministry of Defense -  before the appointment of the head of the Ministry of Emergency  Situations (February 6, 2017), he worked as First Deputy Minister of  Defense.

David Tonoyan was born on December 27, 1967. in the city of  Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. In 1991 he graduated from the Yerevan  State University, and in 1997 the Military-Diplomatic Academy of the  Russian Federation. In 1992-1994 served in the Main Directorate of  the Ministry of Internal Affairs to combat organized crime, in 1994  he transferred to military service in the Department of Military  Police of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia as the head of the  department. In 1997 began service in the Armaments Directorate of the  Defense Ministry. In 1998-2004, held various positions at the  headquarters of the NATO Allied Command Operations. In 2004-2007 was  a representative of the Armenian Armed Forces in NATO.  In the years  2007-2008 he was the head of the Office of International Military  Cooperation and Defense Programs of the Ministry of Defense of  Armenia. In 2008-2010 years, was the head of the Defense Policy  Department of the Defense Ministry. Since October 2, 2010 he was the  first deputy defense minister of Armenia.