{{Short description|Armenian politician (born 1973)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hayk Chobanyan | image = Hayk Chobanyan IMG.jpg | image_size = | office = Governor of Tavush Region | successor = | term_start = February 6, 2019 | term_end = April 1, 2021 | office2 = Minister of High-Tech Industry | president = Armen Sarkissian | prime_minister = Nikol Pashinyan | term_start2 = April 2, 2021 | term_end2 = August 4, 2021 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|03|5}} | birth_place = Tavush, Shamshadin, Armenian SSR, USSR | alma_mater = Faculty of History of Yerevan State University<br>Public Administration Academy of Armenia | occupation = | spouse = Armine Tumanyan | successor2 = Vahagn Khachaturyan | native_name_lang = hy | native_name = {{nobold|Հայկ Չոբանյան}} | caption = Chobanyan in 2019 }} '''Hayk Harutyuni Chobanyan''' ({{langx|hy|Հայկ Հարությունի Չոբանյան}}; born March 5, 1973) is an Armenian businessman and former politician. He served as the governor of Tavush Province from 2019 to 2021,<ref name="hetq.am">[https://hetq.am/hy/article/100641 Tigran Petrosyan appointed as Shirak Marz Governor, Hayk Chobanyan appointed as Tavush Marz Governor]</ref> then served as the Minister of High-Tech Industry from April to August 2021.<ref name="decrees5">[https://www.president.am/hy/decrees/item/5228/ Hayk Chobanyan is appointed Minister of High-Tech Industry]</ref>
==Biography== Chobanyan was born in 1973 in the village Tavush of Tavush Region. He graduated from the local secondary school. From 1990 to 1995 Chobanyan studied at the History Department of Yerevan State University, where he was the first president of YSU Student Council. From 1995 to 1999 he studied at the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia. From 1995 to 1997 he served in the Armenian Army.
From 1997 to 1998 Chobanyan worked in the editorial staff of the "Civil Servant Newsletter" magazine, from 1998 to 2001 he worked in the government, then in the Ministry of Justice. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as Publishing Director, from 2003 to 2012 as the Director of Nork Information and Analytical Center at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. From 2006 to 2013 Chobanyan was Board Member of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises. In 2012 he founded Arpi Solar Company,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rDYlkf54Oc Solar Energy, Hayk Chobanyan]</ref> and in the same year headed Tavush Spiritual Revival Foundation. From 2014 to 2017 he worked as a Deputy Director of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises and Director of UITE EXPO. In 2016, he founded the Sustainable Energy Development Fund, and in 2018, Freenergy Company. Since 2016 he has been the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the “Real School” Foundation, and since 2017 the Chairman of the Armenian Festival Association.
On February 6, 2019, Chobanyan was appointed Governor of Tavush Marz by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.<ref name="hetq.am" /><ref>[https://www.gov.am/en/regions/946/ Hayk Chobanyan's biography on the page of gov.am]</ref><ref>[http://tavush.mtad.am/structure/bio/866/ Hayk Chobanyan's biography on the website of Tavush Marz Administration]</ref>
On April 2, 2021, by the decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia, Chobanyan was appointed Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia.<ref name="decrees5" />
==Awards== * YSU Silver Commemorative Medal (2009) * Medal of Marshal Baghramyan (2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tavush.mtad.am/news/item/2019/12/14/medal/|title = ՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարարությունը «Մարշալ Բաղրամյան» մեդալով պարգևատրել է Տավուշի մարզպետ Հայկ Չոբանյանին - Տավուշի մարզպետարան}}</ref>) * Gold Medal of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
==Family== He is married to artist Armine Tumanyan. They have two children: a daughter and a son.
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==External links== * [https://armenpress.am/eng/news/975721.html Tavush’s Hayk Chobanyan enjoys highest approval rating among governors of Armenia] * [https://finport.am/full_news.php?id=38714&lang=3 Hayk Chobanyan: We should make Tavush the best place for rest] * [https://www.aysor.am/en/news/2019/05/17/security-tavush/1564254 Security number one priority in Tavush: Hayk Chobanyan] * [https://a1plus.am/en/article/340263 Governor Hayk Chobanyan: There will be no unused land in Tavush Province within 2 years]
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