Ex-minister of education faces possible confiscation of property,  funds 

ArmInfo.The Anti-Corruption Court has accepted for review the Prosecutor General's Office's claim to confiscate assets of illicit origin from former Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia Levon Hovhannesovich Mkrtchyan and individuals associated with him.

Specifically, according to the supervisory authority, the following  are subject to confiscation in favor of the Republic of Armenia: 26  real estate properties, 7 vehicles, shares in 5 legal entities,  893,449,000 drams as the remaining illicit funds, and 276,106,000  drams that are not confirmed by the individual's legal income, are of  illicit origin, were transferred to a bona fide purchaser, or cannot  be identified and confiscated.

Levon Mkrtchyan, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation  (ARF Dashnaktsutyun), served as Minister of Education and Science of  the Republic of Armenia in 1998-1999, 2001-2003, 2006-2008, and  2016-2018. He also served as Advisor to the Prime Minister of the  Republic of Armenia and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the  Republic of Armenia, and was a member of the National Assembly.  It  should be noted that back in 2017 (Mkrtchyan was appointed Minister  of Education for the fourth time), after reviewing his income  declaration, Hetq reported that, among other assets, he also listed  an apartment in Nice, on the Cote d'Azur.