Vardan Ayvazyan

Vardan Ayvazyan (; born 7 November 1961) is an Armenian government official, formerly Minister of Environmental Protection between 2001 and 2007.

Career Ayvazyan was born on 7 November 1961 in the Tabatzghour village, a majority Armenian town in the Borjomi Municipality of the Georgian SSR. In 1983 he graduated from the Yerevan Zooveterinary Institute, and afterwards, he worked as an operator at a dairy plant in Yaroslavl before completing his mandated service in the Soviet Army. The Prosecutor General's Office announced they would be pursuing the confiscation of 20 billion darmas (51.6 billion USD) through loan rights, shares and securities, multiple real estate properties, and vehicles. The Southern District Case was appealed by Ayvazyan to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which issued a non-precedential summary order in 2015.