NA PRESIDENT
Artur B. Tovmasyan
NA PRESIDENT
Electoral system, district Proportional
Date of birth 02.12.1962
Political Party "Free Motherland"
Faction "Free Motherland-UCA"
E-mail: a.tovmasyan@nankr.am

Born - December 2, 1962 in the city of Stepanakert

Finished secondary school of the village Chartar, Martouni region

1986 - Graduated from the Faculty of Physics-Mathematics of the Stepanakert Pedagogical Institute. Worked as a secondary school teacher in Chartar

1992 - Graduated from the postgraduate course of the Institute of Mechanics NAS RA, defended his thesis

1993-1995 - Senior lecturer of ArSU, occupied the post of the deputy dean of the Faculty of Architecture

April 30, 1995 - Elected deputy to the NKR parliament of the second convocation from the majoritarian district №24, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, then Chairman of the Standing Committee on Budget, Financial and Economic Management

1996-1997 Chairman of the NKR National Assembly

May, 1998 - worked at the People's University of Shushi as the Head of the Department, Deputy Director of Studies and the Rector

March, 1998 - Associate Professor at the ArSU Department of Architecture

September 2000 - Associate Professor of Architecture of the department of Engineering, ASU

2003-2009 - Dean of ASU Faculty of Architecture

June 19, 2003 - Elected the NKR NA deputy of the fourth convocation, member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, leader of the Motherland faction

May 23, 2010 - Elected deputy to the NKR NA of fifth convocation by the majority system from the electoral district No12,

2010-2015 - Elected Vice-President of the National Assembly

May 3, 2015 - Elected deputy to the NKR NA of the sixth convocation from the majority district No9, member of the Standing Committee on Production and Manufacturing Infrastructure

Founder and member of the “Free Motherland”

2005-2006 - Co-chairman of the party,

2007-2009 Chairman of the party

Since 2005 - Director of the party office and presidium member of the party,

2015-2020 - Head of the parliamentary faction “Motherland”, Deputy Chair of the NKR NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs

March 31, 2020 - Elected MP of the 7th convocation National Assembly of the Artsakh Republic by the proportional electoral system

May 21, 2020 – Elected President of the Republic of Artsakh of the 7th convocation National Assembly

President of the NKR Athletics Federation

Since 1999 - Honorary doctor-professor of the branch of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in Armenia

2014 - Awarded with the medal of the European Academy of Natural Sciences for outstanding contribution to the service and progress

Since 2017 - Honorary Doctor of Shushi Technological University

Married, has two children

Awarded "Mesrop Mashtots" Order (Decree No. 13-A of the President of the Republic of Artsakh, February 16, 2018), "Mkhitar Gosh" Medal (Decree No. 56-A of the NKR President, August 30, 2011), the "ArSU Golden Medal" (January 25, 2018).