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Hayk Demoyan

b. 1975

Armenian academic

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About Hayk Demoyan

Born 1975. Hayk Demoyan is an Armenian historian, opinion journalist and mind gamer.

Hayk Demoyan (; born 1975, May 22) is an Armenian historian who served as the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan, Armenia from 2006 to 2018.

Demoyan was born in the city of Leninakan (now Gyumri) in Soviet Armenia. He is a graduate of Yerevan State University and received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. From 2002 until 2005 he was a lecturer at the History Department of Yerevan State University. He is also a researcher and has written several books on such topics as the Armenian Genocide, Turkish foreign policy and Turkey's involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1991–1994.

In addition to being the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, he was also the Secretary of the state commission tasked with preparing the worldwide commemoration of the Armenian Genocide's centenary in 2015.

Demoyan regularly delivers speeches and lectures in Armenia and abroad. He has been invited to speak on the Genocide Museum's activities and related topics in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Lebanon, Austria, Slovenia and Cyprus. He is fluent in Armenian, Russian and English.

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Yerevan State University
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Yerevan State University

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Who is Hayk Demoyan?

Armenian academic

When was Hayk Demoyan born?

Hayk Demoyan was born on 22 May 1975 in Gyumri.

What is Hayk Demoyan's occupation?

Hayk Demoyan is a historian, opinion journalist and mind gamer.

What nationality is Hayk Demoyan?

Hayk Demoyan is Armenian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hayk Demoyan

· Wikidata: Q5686756

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