Expert of the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression


Date and Place of Birth: October 19, 1959, Meghri, Armenia

Education/Major:

1976-1980 Yerevan Institute of National Economy; Department of Financial Accounting; section of Finance; economist

1983-1989 Yerevan State University; Philology Department; philologist

1995 International Institute of Journalism (Berlin), “Media Management” (a two-month course)

Career:

2009-present expert of the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

1999-2009 (January) expert of Yerevan Press Club

1998-1999 executive director of “Armenpress” news agency

1997-1998 chief editor of “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun” newspaper

1994-1997 deputy chief editor of “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun” newspaper

1993-1994 head of the department of information and public relations of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia

1990-1993 deputy chief editor of “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun” newspaper

1984-1990 correspondent of “Arax” regional newspaper (Meghri)

Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:

Since 1987 Journalists Union of Armenia, Board member since 1997

Since 1995 Yerevan Press Club, Board member

Since 2003 Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Prizes/Awards:

1985 first prize of republican competition among journalists covering youth topics

Publications: “Arax”, “Grakan Tert”, “Avangard”, “Garun”, “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun”

1998 “Absolutely Black Body” book (collection of stories in Armenian, Yerevan)

2003 “The Fourth Angle of a Triangle” book (collection of stories in Armenian, Yerevan)

2005 “The Edges of Revolution” book (stories in Armenian, Yerevan)

2007 “ABCAI: Circles of Dying” book (story in Armenian, Yerevan)

Hobbies: traveling, literature, sport, computer, Internet

Languages: Armenian, Russian, fair knowledge of German and English

Marital Status: married with two children

Contact Information:

Tel. (374 10) 53 38 95, (374 99) 51 08 65 (mob.)

Home address: 8-14, Tumanian district, Avan,Yerevan, 375101

E-mail: mesrop.cpfe@gmail.com