Artak Manukyan
Board member
Artak Manukyan was appointed Board Member of the Central Bank of Armenia, effective October 28, 2021, for a six-year term. As a board member, he is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Prior to joining the Central Bank of Armenia, he served as a Member of Parliament and was Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs. He was also an advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. Commencing his career as an economist in the private sector, he later led the Planning and Analysis division at the Armenian Copper Programme CJSC. Throughout his career, Mr. Manukyan acted as an expert for Armenian branches of TI, WB, ADB, UN, GIZ, and the World Vision. He conducted research across various international institutions including the Federal Reserve Bank (Cleveland, USA), Postdam University (Germany), Delaware University (USA), and the Institute for Management and Economic Reforms at the Government of RA.
In 2017-2020, Artak Manukyan was the president of the National Center for Public Policy Research NGO. He was elected as a chair of the SME Cooperation Association and the Anti-Corruption Alliance. Additionally, he served as an expert on the EU Constructive Dialogue Commitment program.
Born in Yerevan, Mr. Manukyan studied World Economics and graduated from the Yerevan State University of Economics. He pursued a postgraduate degree at the Institute of Management and Economic Reforms of the RA Government and obtained a PhD degree in Economics. Later, he became an Associate Professor there. Mr. Manukyan continued his education at the School of Diplomacy of the Swiss Institute of International Studies and the Yerevan School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe.
Artak Manukyan is the author of more than 40 scientific publications and two monographs.