Background
He was born in the village of Arakyal in the Hadrut Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
He was born in the village of Arakyal in the Hadrut Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
In 1972, Yeganyan finished the secondary school of Physics and Mathematics of Yerevan State University and entered YSU Department of Economics. In 1977, he graduated from the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Yerevan Institute of National Economy and became a postgraduate at the same Institute.
He was a nominal pensioner during his years at the Institute. In the period 1983-1990, Gagik Yeganyan officiated at different departments of Administration of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Council of Ministers. In 1990, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Security of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, and soon afterwards in 1991, First Deputy Minister of Social Security of the Republic of Armenia.
In the period May 1998 to June 1999, Gagik Yeganyan was the Research Associate Minister of Social Welfare.
Since September 1999, he has headed the Research Associate Government Department on Migration and Refugee Affairs and is still in office.
In 1981, Yeganyan defended his candidate’s thesis and started giving lectures at Yerevan Institute of National Economy (1981-1983).
