Lena Nazaryan
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Lena Nazaryan | |
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Լենա Նազարյան | |
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Vice President of National Assembly | |
Assumed office 15 January 2019 Serving withAlen SimonyanandVahe Enfiajyan | |
President | Ararat Mirzoyan |
Preceded by | Eduard Sharmazanov Arpine Hovhannisyan Mikayel Melkumyan |
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
Assumed office 2 April 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Yerevan,Armenian SSR,Soviet Union | March 9, 1983
Political party | Civil Contract |
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Lena Nazaryan(Armenian:Լենա Նազարյան;born 9 March 1983) is anArmenian politicianand a member of theArmenian National Assembly.As a board member of theCivil Contract Party,she ran under theWay Out Alliance(Yelk) during the2017 parliamentary electionand was elected off the Yelk national list.
On April 11, 2018, she joinedArarat Mirzoyanin lighting smoke flares in the National Assembly to call attention to the protests against the transition ofSerzh Sargsyanfrom President to Prime Minister. Theprotestsdid eventually result in Sargsyan's resignation.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Prior to running as a political candidate, Nazaryan worked as a journalist forHetqand as the coordinator for election programs at the Armenian branch ofTransparency International.In 2013, she received the Freedom of Speech Award from the Asparez Journalists' Club.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Up In Smoke: Armenia Lawmakers Ignite Flares In Parliament To Protest Sarkisian Shift".Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 11, 2018.RetrievedJuly 3,2018.
- ^"Biography of Lena Nazaryan".National Assembly of Armenia.RetrievedJuly 4,2018.