David Tonoyan

David Edgari Tonoyan (Armenian:Դավիթ Էդգարի Տոնոյան; born December 27, 1967) is an Armenian politician, and the current Defence Minister of Armenia.

Biography
He was born on December 27, 1967, in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk (Now Oskemen), in the East Kazakhstan Region of the Kazakh SSR, or modern day Kazakhstan. In 1986, he joined the Soviet Armed Forces's Transcaucasian Military District. In 1991, he moved to Yerevan to attend Yerevan State University. Between 1998 and 2007, Tonoyan held various positions at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, serving as the Armenian Representative in NATO for three years. In 2007, Tonoyan returned to Armenia to become the head of departments on international military cooperation and defense policy in the Ministry of Defense.



From 2010 to 2017, Tonoyan served a First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, serving under Seyran Ohanyan and Vigen Sargsyan. According to a presidential decree signed on February 6, David Tonoyan was appointed to the position of Minister of Emergency Situations. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appointed Tonoyan as defense minister on May 11, 2018, after Pashinyan took office resigned three days earlier. He was recommended to the post by MP Ararat Mirzoyan, who said that Tonoyan was "Absolutely qualified to be Armenian Defense Minister". He is currently married with two children.

Education

 * 1991 - Yerevan State University
 * 1997 - Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Awards

 * Order "For Services to Fatherland''
 * Medal For Meritorious Service
 * Vazgen Sargsyan Medal
 * Andranik Ozanyan Medal