Consul General

Dr. Karen Israyelyan

WORK EXPERINECE

October 2023 - Consul General of Armenia in Los Angeles

June 2022 – January 2023 Deputy Head, Acting Head of the State Protocol Service of Armenia

January – June 2022 Counselor, Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

October 2018 – January 2022 Counselor, Deputy Head of Mission of Armenia to the EU, Brussels

August 2016 – October 2018 Head of NATO division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

March 2012 – July 2016 First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the USA, Washington D.C

February 2011 – March 2012 Head of the US and Canada division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

March 2010 – February 2011 First Secretary, Department of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

September 2006 – March 2010 Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the United Kingdom, London

July - September 2006 Second Secretary, Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

November 2004 – July 2006 Third Secretary, Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

March – November 2004 Attaché, EU division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

2002 - 2004 Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Iran, Tehran

2000 - 2002 Attaché, Department of Americas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

March - December 1998 First class specialist, Department of International relations, National Survey for Seismic Protection, Armenia

EDUCATION

2007 - 2008 Diplomatic Academy of London, Westminster University, MA with Distinction in Diplomatic Studies

September - December, 2005 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

October 2002 Scientific degree of Candidate of Philological sciences, (PhD) Yerevan State University (YSU)

1999 - 2002 Aspirantura (Post-Graduate studies), Chair of Iranian Studies, YSU

1994 - 1999 Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Oriental Languages and Literature, YSU

DIPLOMATIC RANK Senior Counselor

LANGUAGES English, Russian, Persian, French

MARITAL STATUS Married, with one daughter, one son.