New-elected Armenian central bank head to take office in June

YEREVAN, April 20. /ARKA/. Martin Galstyan, the newly elected head of the Central Bank of Armenia, will take office on June 13, 202, the press service of the central bank reported on Monday.

Galstyan was elected as chairman of the central bank on April 17, at a session of the National Assembly.

Biography

Martin Galstyan was born on May 4, 1978

In 1999, graduated from the Yerevan State University.
1999-2002 postgraduate education at the Yerevan State University, Ph. D. in Economics.

In 2009-2010, he studied at the J.F. Kennedy School of Management, Harvard University, Master Degree in Public Administration

Training

2007 – Monetary and Financial Statistics, Washington
2003 – Monetary and Financial Statistics, Washington, Financial Market Analysis, Vienna
2002 – Monetary Theory and Monetary Policy, Gerzensee
2000 – Course in Applied Economic Policy, Vienna

Labor Activity

1998-2015 – Financial Operations Department of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia – dealer, portfolio manager, department head, Statistical Office, department head
2015-2018 – Head of the Dilijan Training and Methodology Center
From September 11, 2018 to this day – member of the Central Bank Board. -0-

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