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Nikol Vovaevich Pashinyan was born on June 1, 1975 in the city of Ijevan, Tavush region of the Armenian SSR (now the Republic of Armenia).
Education
In 1991 he entered the philological faculty of Yerevan State University, where he studied with a degree in journalism. In 1995 he was expelled from the university. During his studies he worked as a journalist.
Biography
1993-1997
From 1993 to 1994 he was a correspondent for the Dprutyun newspaper.
From 1994 to 1998 he worked in the publications "Lragir," "Lragir or" and "Molorak."
From 1995 to 1997 - editor of the Em-es-e insert in the Molorak newspaper.
1999-2012
From 1999 to 2012, he was the editor-in-chief of the daily opposition newspaper Aikakan Jamanak.
In 2008, Pashinyan became a member of the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
2017-2019
In May 2017, Pashinyan ran for mayor of Yerevan, but lost the election.
On May 8, 2018, the National Assembly of Armenia elected Nikol Pashinyan as the country's prime minister. On October 17 of the same year, Pashinyan announced his resignation. At the same time, the head of the Armenian government clarified that he would continue to act as prime minister until the elections.
On January 14, 2019, Armenian President Armen Sargsyan appointed Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as the country's Prime Minister.
2020: COVID-19 coronavirus infection
On June 1, 2020, Nikol Pashinyan said in his video message on Facebook that he and his family members had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to the Prime Minister of Armenia, he has no symptoms, the temperature is normal.
 | Now we are all self-isolated, I will work from home. There are all the amenities here for this... Our strategy continues to be the same. We must learn to live with coronavirus infection, "he said. |  |
Nikol Pashinyan suggested that he could have become infected during one of the meetings. On it, a waiter without gloves brought water in glasses. According to Pashinyan, the waiter also confirmed COVID-19.[1]
2023: Awarding the Order of Chivalry of the Vatican for the surrender of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan
In October 2023, the Order of St. Grigory Veliky was awarded to the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry and the Order of Pius IX to the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
The Armenian press service calls this order one of the highest awards of the Vatican - but, in fact, it ranks only third in rank among the papal orders of chivalry, it can be received by officials of the papal administration, officers of the Swiss Guard, and even diplomats with a rank lower than the first secretaries of foreign embassies. And in this case, the order was awarded not even personally, but through a representative.
By the way, back in the twentieth century, this award was quite openly awarded for service to the pope, but later the wording changed and now representatives of states that have full-scale diplomatic relations with the Vatican have the right to it. Even if they are of a different faith. The awarding of orders took place immediately after the surrender. Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh To Azerbaijan
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