Feliks Tsolakyan

Feliks Tsolakyan (Armenian: Ֆելիքս Ցոլակյան; born January 27, 1952) is an Armenian politician, current member of the Armenian National Assembly, and former Governor of Armenia's Shirak marz.

Tsolakyan was born in the village of Nerkin Dzhrapi, Ani region of Armenian SSR, Soviet Union^[1]. He is married with two children.

On May 1, 2018, Tsolakyan was the sole member of the Republican Party of Armenia caucus who voted in favour of electing Nikol Pashinyan to the position of Prime Minister.^[2]

Education

Tsolakyan graduated from the History department of Yerevan State University in 1974.

Professional career

Tsolakyan began his career at the Ararat Industrial and Technological College upon his graduation in 1974. In 1980, he joined the State Security Committee, where he served in police services in Goris and Yeghegnadzor. In 1996, he headed the State Security Committee of the Shirak region, before heading the Control Service of the President of the Republic of the Armenia in 1999. From 2003 to 2007, he headed the State Tax Service. From 2007 to 2013, he was the Deputy Director of the National Security Service in the Armenian civil service.

In 2013, he was appointed Governor of the Shirak marz, where he served until 2016. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election, representing the 11th electoral district (Shirak), under the Republican Party of Armenia's electoral list.

Awards

2005: Anania Shirakatsi Medal

2016: Medal “For Services Contributed to the Motherland”

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