Arshak Poghosi Poladian born May 15, 1950 is an Armenian diplomat, historian, orientalist and author. Since 2019, he has served as Armenian’s ambassador to Tunisia and Morocco with residence in Yerevan.

Previously Poladian was ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Armenia to Syria from 2007 to 2018 and Armenia’s non-resident ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 2011 to 2018. Poladian also served as the Armenian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2002 to 2006, and as the Armenian ambassador (non-resident) to the State of Kuwait and Kingdom of Bahrain from 2003 to 2007.

Poladian is a known expert of Oriental, Arabic and Kurdish studies. He has published several important researches and monographs on the origin of Kurds based on Arabic sources.