Vahe Engibarian

• Comment: Hayazg does not appear to be reliable; the other sources are non-independent or do not contain significant coverage of Engibarian. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 03:37, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

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Vahe Engibarian
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Born	(1976-06-01) June 1, 1976 Yerevan, Armenia)
🏫 Education	MGIMO
💼 Occupation	Entrepreneur and international business leader

Vahe Engibarian (born 1 June 1976) is an Armenian entrepreneur and former diplomat.[1] He founded PrimeConcept, a private membership club, and is a co-founder of Armenian Assembly, where he has served as chairman of the presidium of the public council. Since 2017, he has served as chairman of the Board of the public organisation "Armenian Assembly".

Early and personal life

Engibarian was born in Yerevan and graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). His father, Robert Engibarian, is a legal scholar and MGIMO professor who received the title of Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation.

His 2000 dissertation for the Candidate of Legal Sciences degree was titled Federalism in the Modern World: Legal Status and Key Features

Vahe Engibarian graduated from MGIMO and received a Candidate of Legal Sciences degree in 2000. His dissertation was titled Federalism in the Modern World: Legal Status and Key Features.

Diplomatic career

Engibarian joined the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996, working in its Department of North America.[1] He later served as vice-consul in New York. The US Department of State's directory of foreign consular officers lists him as “Vage R. Yengibaryan”, with a recognition date of 10 December 2001. His biography in the Hayazg Foundation's encyclopedia also records subsequent service as a consul in New York and an adviser to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Business

Engibarian founded PrimeConcept, a private membership club.

In June 2009, Vedomosti reported that Spain's Zed Group had bought Engibarian's stake in Temafon, a mobile content aggregator working with VimpelCom.

He was also a shareholder in RURU, a mobile payment service whose other shareholders included Alfa-Bank and VimpelCom. VimpelCom acquired full ownership of the business in 2019. His business interests also include construction and investment, according to Armenian Assembly.

Exhibitions with Gagosian

PrimeConcept collaborated with Gagosian on two exhibitions in Moscow. According to a 2007 NEWSru.com report, Ulyana Tseitlina credited Engibarian with persuading Larry Gagosian to visit Russia.

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Monument dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Mekhitarist Order on the island of San Lazzaro in Venice.

The first exhibition, Insight?, ran from 19 to 28 October 2007 at Barvikha Luxury Village. Gagosian's first exhibition in the city, it included works by Cy Twombly, Richard Serra and Ed Ruscha.

The second, For What You Are About to Receive, was held at the former Red October chocolate factory from 18 September to 25 October 2008. Artists represented included Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami. The opening featured Aaron Young's Arc Light, a performance in which motorcycle riders made marks on a specially prepared surface. Gagosian presented the exhibition with PrimeConcept, Guta Group, Red October and Moscow's National Centre for Contemporary Arts.

The exhibitions were organised in collaboration with Gagosian, Vahe Engibarian, Alfa-Bank, and Guta Group.

Cultural and community projects

Monument to the Mekhitarist Order

In November 2019, with the blessing of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Russia and New Nakhichevan, the Armenian Assembly installed a monument on the island of San Lazzaro in Venice dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Mekhitarist Order.

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Vahe Engibarian with His Holiness Garekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.

Armenian Cross Collection

Pope Francis met Karekin II at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on 24 June 2016 during his visit to Armenia. Engibarian initiated a limited edition of crosses to mark the visit. The project received the blessing of Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, head of the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Each piece places a cross within a circle representing the celestial sphere, with a different cross design on each face. The decoration includes Armenian inscriptions from the church's morning service and the emblem of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Eighteen crosses were made. Archbishop Yezras presented the first two to Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and Pope Francis.

Eighteen crosses were produced. The first two were presented by Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan to Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and Pope Francis.

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Pope Francis receiving a cross from the Armenian Cross Collection, created at the initiative of Vahe Engibarian, during his visit to Armenia in June 2016.

Armenian Assembly

Engibarian co-founded Armenian Assembly in 2017 and has served as chairman of the presidium of its public council. The organisation supports projects in culture, education, technology and tourism in Armenia and the Armenian diaspora.

Cultural heritage and church projects

During Engibarian's chairmanship, the organisation's cultural and educational projects included the renovation of the Tapan Museum in Moscow. According to the Assembly, it also developed the Armenian Church Portal and launched the Armenian Church mobile application, both offering access to church news, sermons, prayers and the liturgical calendar.

The Assembly and the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese donated a memorial panel to the Mekhitarist monastery on San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice. Its inscription commemorates the monastery's tercentenary, 1717–2017, and names both organisations as donors.

Support for young musicians and athlets

Armenian Assembly has awarded educational grants to students at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, including pianists Karina Ter-Ghazaryan and David Avetisyan. It also supported pianist Eva Gevorgyan's participation in the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition.[21] The organisation has identified chess player Shant Sargsyan among the young athletes it supports.

At Armenian Assembly's initiative, the Gnessin school opened a duduk class in 2019.[4][24] Djivan Gasparyan and his grandson, Djivan Gasparyan Jr., visited the class and gave students advice on their playing.

In 2019, the Assembly organised ARMONIA, a classical music competition open to instrumentalists aged seven to seventeen. Applications and selection rounds took place online, allowing musicians from Armenia and the diaspora to participate.[23] The winners were presented with their awards at the Gnessin school.

Armenia Guide

The Assembly developed Armenia Guide, a tourism platform with information about places to visit, events, restaurants and travel routes. Its mobile application was launched at the Armenian Summit of Minds in June 2019.

The platform's Virtual Armenia Tourist Card project won a competition for innovative start-up solutions at the VTB Group–Visa Retail Business Innovation Forum in Minsk in August 2019. On 20 September, Armenian Assembly and VTB Bank (Armenia) signed a memorandum to develop a multicurrency virtual tourist card for the application.

GOURMET FEST

Engibarian also supported the development of GOURMET FEST, an eno-gastronomic initiative established to promote Armenian cuisine internationally and encourage collaboration between Armenian restaurateurs and international culinary professionals.

The first GOURMET event was held in Moscow in December 2018. A further event took place in May 2019 as part of the Days of Armenian Culture in Moscow, bringing together Michelin-starred chefs and chefs from Armenian restaurants to create a menu combining Armenian culinary traditions with contemporary European gastronomy.

Investment initiatives in Armenia

In October 2020, Engibarian met with the President of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, and announced his intention to invest approximately one billion Armenian drams in technological, educational, cultural, humanitarian and social projects in Armenia and Artsakh. The proposed programme also envisaged the creation of more than 200 jobs.

Urban planning and architecture

Engibarian has also chaired the Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of Armenian Assembly. The committee’s stated areas of activity include urban policy, infrastructure development, architecture and cooperation between professional communities and public authorities.

His business activities in this field have included architecture, interior design, structural and MEP engineering, landscape architecture, lighting design and sustainability consulting.

Gallery

• Vahe Engibarian with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a visit to the Tapan Museum at the Armenian Cathedral Complex in Moscow, 14 June 2018.[14]
  Vahe Engibarian with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a visit to the Tapan Museum at the Armenian Cathedral Complex in Moscow, 14 June 2018.
• Vahe Engibaryan with an art dealer Larry Gagosian at the opening of the contemporary art exhibition For What You Are About to Receive, 2008.
  Vahe Engibaryan with an art dealer Larry Gagosian at the opening of the contemporary art exhibition For What You Are About to Receive, 2008.
• Vahe Engibaryan with Secretary Hillary Clinton at a reception.
  Vahe Engibaryan with Secretary Hillary Clinton at a reception.
• Vahe Engibaryan with Mikhail Gorbachev the first and only President of the Soviet Union, at a reception.
  Vahe Engibaryan with Mikhail Gorbachev the first and only President of the Soviet Union, at a reception.
• Vahe Engibaryan with Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States.
  Vahe Engibaryan with Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States.
• Vage Engibaryan with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a reception marking Russian Heritage Week, held at Gracie Mansion in New York City on 8 June 2004.
  Vage Engibaryan with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a reception marking Russian Heritage Week, held at Gracie Mansion in New York City on 8 June 2004.
• Vahe Engibarian and S. Sargsyan at the Tretyakov Gallery, where the paintings of Martiros Saryan were exhibited. 2017, Moscow]]
  Vahe Engibarian and S. Sargsyan at the Tretyakov Gallery, where the paintings of Martiros Saryan were exhibited. 2017, Moscow]]

Academic work

Engibarian’s academic works include:

• Federalism in the Modern World: Legal Status and Key Features - Candidate of Legal Sciences dissertation;
• Federalism and the Unity of the State-Legal System of Russia - Doctor of Legal Sciences dissertation;
• The Concept of Modern Federalism (2000) - academic textbook.

References

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