Ambassador

H.E. Lilit Makunts

Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America

Date and Place of Birth

7 November, 1983, Yerevan, Armenia

Education

1999-2003 Faculty of Romance and Germanic philology of Yerevan State University, Bachelor's degree

2003-2005 Faculty of Romance and Germanic philology of Yerevan State University, Master’s degree,

2014 She earned her PhD on Philology (Cognitive Linguistics)

2015 Certified study course within the framework of America’s Tufts University’s Fletcher summer school.

Working Experience

2005-2019 Senior Lecturer at Russian-Armenian University

2015-2018 Educational Project Coordinator and Lecturer for Academy of Social Democracy, Friedrich Ebert Foundation

2016-2018 US Peace Corps (Yerevan)

2018-2019 Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia

2019-2021 Member of the National Assembly of the RA, Majority Leader, Head of “My Step” faction

Foreign Languages

Russian, English, German

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Marital status

Single