Meet Ombudsman

Term of Office 2018 October - 2020 December

Artak Beglaryan

Born on July 5, 1988, in Stepanakert.

Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh since 2018.

2013 – 2018: PhD in Political Science, Institute for National Strategic Studies after Drastamat Kanayan, adjacent to the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.
2016 May – July: PhD researcher at Fribourg University of Switzerland with grant of Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN).
2013 July – August: “American Institute on Political and Economic Systems” summer school organized by “The Fund for American Studies” and the Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic.
2013 January – June: Advanced trainings in Public Policy and Administration at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, Boston, USA.
2011 – 2012: MA in Politics, Security and Integration; School of Slavonic and East European Studies; University College London; London, UK.
2010 – 2011: MA in Conflict Studies; faculty of sociology; Yerevan State University, Armenia.
2010 March – 2011 January: Student exchange non-degree program in business Management; Alexander Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki; Thessaloniki, Greece.
2006 – 2010: BA in Political Science; faculty of international relations; Yerevan State University; Yerevan, Armenia.
2009 – 2010: Leadership course at the School for Young Leaders.
1995 – 2006: #14 special school of Yerevan for visually impaired children.

2018 November-Present: Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh.
2018 February – October: Head of the Department of the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Staff of the Republic of Artsakh.
2017 November – 2018 February: Advisor to the State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh.
2013 December – Present: Spokesman to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Artsakh.
2012 August – 2013 December: Assistant to the prime minister of the Republic of Artsakh.
2014– 2018: Invited lecturer of Artsakh State University.
2012 June – December: Analyst at ArtsakhToday news and analytic center.
2011 December – 2012 June: Columnist at CivilNet Advocacy Journalism from Armenia.

2018 – Present: President of the “Artsakh Blinds Union” NGO.
2016 - present: Board member of the Shushi Technological University.
Founder, president or member of number of non-governmental organizations and civil initiatives.
Participation in several international conferences and trainings.
Publication of some scientific articles on the topics of the Azerbaijani-Artsakh conflict, the change of political regimes, the issues of increasing the international community of Artsakh Republic, etc.
2003: First range diploma at the republican stage of the “History” olimpiad.

Term of Office 2008 April - 2016 May

Born on 26 october 1954 in Stepanakert.

1983 - Graduated from the correspondence department of the Law faculty of Yerevan State University
1962-1972 - Studied at Stepanakert secondary school No 3.

Term of Office 2016 May - 2018 October

Born on June 26, 1982 in Yerevan.

2008 June – December : USA, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
2003-2006: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Postgraduate Study, Candidate of Law (equivalent to PhD)

Elected in March 2021

Born on July 22, 1991 in the city of Stepanakert.