Hrant Abrahamyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, in 1976. In 2002, he graduated from the Faculty of History at the Yerevan State University and composed a Master’s thesis on “The picture of ethnic Armenians in the world”. Since March 2004, he has worked at the Department of National Minorities and religious affairs of the Government of RA. He has taken part in numerous field research projects and is the author of analytical documents and scientific articles.