What Assets Does the Foreign Minister and His Wife Have? "Daily"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, has presented his annual declaration for 2021. Before 2021, let’s take a look at his annual declarations from 2018, 2019, and 2020, according to Armlur.am.

In the 2018 annual declaration, it is mentioned that Mirzoyan purchased an apartment for 49 million 700 thousand drams and sold an apartment for 13 million 600 thousand drams. It was a year of purchases and sales. The monetary funds at the beginning of the year amounted to 297 thousand drams, which by the end of the year had increased to 9 million 820 thousand drams. As income, Mirzoyan indicated his own salary from two sources, which totaled 14 million 731 thousand drams. Additionally, he received a loan amounting to 34 million 790 thousand drams during that year.

In his 2019 annual declaration, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan noted that he owns two apartments, one of which was acquired in 2018 in the Ajapnyak administrative district, while the other was purchased in 2004 in Shengavit. At the beginning of the year, the balance in the bank account was 8 million drams, which by the end of the year amounted to 10 million drams. The cash amount was 2 million 220 thousand drams. In 2019, his income from two salary sources reached 17 million 815 thousand drams. Furthermore, at the beginning of 2019, Mirzoyan owned one Kia car, which was purchased in 2016, but it was not present at the end of the year. According to the declaration, Mirzoyan received it as a gift.

In the 2020 annual declaration, there were no property changes reported. Mirzoyan retained two apartments, one in Ajapnyak purchased in 2018. The bank accounts decreased, starting from 10 million drams at the beginning of the year and dropping to 1.6 thousand drams by the end. However, the cash amount increased from 2 million 220 thousand drams to 5 million 800 thousand drams. His income in 2020 was his salary from the National Assembly, totaling 12 million 313 thousand drams, with a monthly salary of 1 million 26 thousand drams.

According to the 2021 annual declaration, Mirzoyan sold his apartment in Shengavit for 34 million 790 thousand drams. The bank deposit totaled 70 thousand dollars. The amounts in his bank accounts were 9 million 100 thousand drams and 70 thousand 188 dollars. The cash amount increased over the year from 5 million 800 thousand drams to 8 million drams. In 2021, he received a total salary of 17 million 788 thousand drams, with part of the salary coming from parliament and the other part from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As of December 31 of the previous year, the balance of Ararat Mirzoyan's loans and borrowings amounted to 31 million 311 thousand drams. It should be noted that Mirzoyan also submitted an expense declaration, which indicated that he repaid a loan totaling 4 million 800 thousand drams.

In the declaration of Mirzoyan's wife, Gohar Abajyan, it is noted that she is a co-owner of one apartment. This refers to the apartment located in the Ajapnyak administrative district that the couple acquired in 2018. In 2019, the minister's wife purchased a 2011 Kia model car for 6 million 200 thousand drams. The bank account had 571 thousand drams and 1995 dollars. The cash amount for the official's wife also increased over the year from 290 thousand drams to 1.5 million drams. Gohar Abajyan earned a salary from two sources: she received 11 million 744 thousand drams from the "VOLVO" company and an additional 360 thousand drams from "Quick Start." The total remaining balance of Gohar Abajyan's loan was 2 million 366 thousand drams.