Mikayel Melkumyan (Armenian: Միքայել Սերգեյի Մելքումյան; born 1 April 1962) is an Armenian politician. He was first elected to the Armenian National Assembly in 2012 as a member of the Prosperous Armenia Party. He was re-elected in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election and subsequently chosen as one of three Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly.^[1]

Biography

Mikayel Melkumyan was born on April 1, 1962, in Yerevan. He has served in the Soviet Army.

Education

In 1983, Melkumyan graduated from Armenian State University of Economics, receiving the qualification of an economist. He later pursued his post-graduate studies at the same institution, earning the degree of a Doctor. Mikael Melkumyan also holds the title of Professor of Economics.

Career

From 1987 until 1998, Melkumyan was a professor at the ASIE Chair of Industrial Economics. Between 1999 and 2000, he was the chief of staff at the Ministry of Social Security. Since 2000, he has been a professor at the ASUE Chair in Microeconomics and Entrepreneurial Activity. Also in 2000, Melkumyan was appointed a deputy minister of state property management, a post which he held until 2003.

Engagement in politics

Melkumyan was elected to the Armenian National Assembly three times: on May 6, 2012, as a proportional representation candidate from the Prosperous Armenia party, on April 2, 2017, as a member of Tsarukyan Alliance, a political bloc led by Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party, and on December 9, 2018, again as a representative of Prosperous Armenia.

Personal life

Mikayel Melkumyan is married and has three sons.

Published works

• Use of Secondary Raw in the Republic of Armenia: Existing Problems and Challenges, Yerevan, 1991
• Entrepreneurship and Investments, Yerevan, 1998
• State Property Management and Business, Yerevan, 2001
• Entrepreneurship and Business, Yerevan, 2006

Awards

• Mkhitar Gosh Medal (2016)^{[citation needed]}