Tatul Hakobyan (Թաթուլ Հակոբյան, Aкопян Татул Ервандович) — (29 April 1963), г.Sisian. Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Head of the World Health Organization in Slovakia (2017-present), Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia (2002-2010), author of scientific works on health care system.

Born on April 29, 1963 in Sisian, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Program Manager, United Methodist Committee on Relief, a private voluntary organization in the USA (March 1996-March 1999).

Head of Department, Ministry of Health of Armenia (March 1999-July 2000)

Senior Technical Advisor, ABT Associates Inc. (December 2000-July 2002)

Deputy Minister of Health, Republic of Armenia (July 2002-November 2010)

Deputy Representative of WHO in the Russian Federation (March 2016-July 2017)

Head of WHO Office in Armenia (April 2013-March 2016)

WHO Representative in the Slovak Republic (July 2017-present)

In 2019, for the first time in its history, Armenia has nominated a candidate for the position of Director of the WHO European Office^[1]. But he didn't get elected.

As a representative of the WHO office in Slovakia supported Ukrainian refugees^[2][3].

Supports projects to provide psychological assistance to Ukrainian children who have left the country due to the fighting in Ukraine^[4]. .

He is the author of scientific papers on the health care system and the work of the World Health Organization. In 1985 he graduated from Yerevan State Medical University where he received a bachelor's degree in pharmacy. In 1994, he graduated from the American University of Armenia and received a Master's degree in Business Administration. In 1997, he earned a degree in Public Health from the American University of Armenia. In 1998, he studied at the College of the Western Galilee (Israel), specializing in Health System Management.

On December 27, 2008, Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia Tatul Hakobyan participated in a drunken brawl in “Cactus” restaurant in Yerevan, during which he beat up former Deputy Minister of Energy Mels Hakobyan. A criminal case was initiated on this fact under the article “hooliganism committed by a group of persons”^[5]. In this regard, Tatul Hakobyan was severely reprimanded by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan^[6].

In 2010, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan sharply criticized the Ministry of Health for alleged corruption schemes. A week later, Tatul Hakobyan was dismissed at his own request with the start of the ministry investigations ^[7].

In 2012, Tatul Hakobyan ran for a seat in the Armenian Parliament. However, he provided a false certificate stating that he had allegedly lived in Armenia for the last 5 years. At the same time, he had been living in Denmark for the last time and worked for the World Health Organization. There were court proceedings on this issue and Tatul Hakobyan was forced to withdraw his candidacy^[8].

Tatul Hakobyan ran for the position of European Regional Director of the World Health Organization in 2019. To support his political campaign, he was allocated AMD 15 million from the Armenian budget, which was misused because Tatul Hakobyan was not included in the preliminary lists of candidates and could not participate in the elections^[9].

• T. Hakobyan et al. Evaluation report for country offices in the WHO European region. 2010
• T. Hakobyan. State funding mechanisms for healthcare, introduction of insurance schemes in Armenia. Scientific Journal of National institute of health. 2007
• T. Hakobyan, M. Nazaretyan, T. Kolpakova, E. Nolte, E. Richardson. Health in Transition, Armenia. 2006.
• T. Hakobyan. Reforms in public health sector in Armenia. Scientific Journal of National institute of health. 2005
• T. Hakobyan. National health policy of Republic of Armenia 2005-2010. 2004
• A. Mkrtchyan, T. Hakobyan. Reforms of public administration system in Armenia and its impact on health system. Scientific Journal of National institute of health. 2003
• T. Hakobyan. Concept of National health policy for Armenia. Scientific Journal of National institute of health. 2002
• T. Hakobyan. Hospital assessment report and recommendations for optimization. The world bank project implementation unit. 1996
• T. Hakobyan. Armenia: health system review. Vol. 8 No. 6 2006.

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