Armen Darbinyan

Armen Razmiki Darbinyan (; born January 23, 1965) is an Armenian politician and university administrator who served as Prime Minister of Armenia from 1998 to 1999. In 1994, he was appointed First Vice-Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia. In 1997, Darbinyan was appointed Armenian Minister of Finance. On April 10, 1998, he was appointed the Prime Minister of Armenia until June 11, 1999. Since 2001, Armen Darbinyan has been rector of Russian-Armenian State University.

Early life and education Darbinyan was born on 23 January 1965 in Leninakan, which was part of the Armenian SSR at the time of his birth. In 1986, he received an honors degree at the Department of Economy at Moscow State University. In 1989, Darbinyan completed a post-graduate course at Moscow State University. Afterward, from 1989 to 1991, he was an assistant at the Department of Finance and Credit of the Faculty of Economics at his alma mater.