Anna Hakobyan | |
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Աննա Հակոբյան | |
![]() Hakobyan in 2018 | |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Armenia | |
Assumed office May 8, 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
Preceded by | Lilit Karapetyan (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Armenia) | February 1, 1978
Spouse | Nikol Pashinyan |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Profession | Journalist |
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Website | Official website |
Anna Vachiki Hakobyan ( Armenian: Աննա Վաչիկի Հակոբյան; born February 1, 1978) is an Armenian journalist and the wife of the current Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan. [1] She is the editor-in-chief of the Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times) newspaper. [2] Unofficially, Hakobyan is regarded as the " First Lady of Armenia", a position that is reserved for the spouses of the President of Armenia. [3] [4] [5]
Anna Hakobyan was born on February 1, 1978, in the Armenian SSR. She graduated from the Yerevan State University. [6] After she graduated, she began working as a journalist in Armenia. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the largest newspaper in Armenia, Haykakan Zhamanak. [3]
Hakobyan played an active role in the 2018 Armenian revolution, which were a series of anti-government peaceful mass protests in response to the past president's third consecutive term. [7] On May 8, 2018, Nikol Pashinyan was elected Prime Minister. [8]
Hakobyan became the official spouse of the prime minister on May 8, 2018, following her husband's election as prime minister.
Just after the election, Hakobyan initiated a meeting with the charitable organisations involved in pediatric cancer and specialists. During the meeting session under her leadership, a working group to improve the state of pediatric cancer in Armenia was formed. Currently, a charitable foundation, of which Hakobyan is the Honorary President, is in the formation process to support the development of pediatric oncology and hematology in Armenia. [9]
On 7 September 2023, Hakobyan personally handed over 1,000+ smartphones, tablets and laptops for primary schoolchildren at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine. [10] This was Armenia’s first humanitarian aid for Ukraine since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022. [10]
During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, Hakobyan went through a week-long training program for combat. [11] She founded the Erato Detachment, which is the first all-women military unit in the Armenian Armed Forces. [11]
Anna Hakobyan | |
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Աննա Հակոբյան | |
![]() Hakobyan in 2018 | |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Armenia | |
Assumed office May 8, 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
Preceded by | Lilit Karapetyan (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Armenia) | February 1, 1978
Spouse | Nikol Pashinyan |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Profession | Journalist |
Signature |
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Website | Official website |
Anna Vachiki Hakobyan ( Armenian: Աննա Վաչիկի Հակոբյան; born February 1, 1978) is an Armenian journalist and the wife of the current Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan. [1] She is the editor-in-chief of the Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times) newspaper. [2] Unofficially, Hakobyan is regarded as the " First Lady of Armenia", a position that is reserved for the spouses of the President of Armenia. [3] [4] [5]
Anna Hakobyan was born on February 1, 1978, in the Armenian SSR. She graduated from the Yerevan State University. [6] After she graduated, she began working as a journalist in Armenia. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the largest newspaper in Armenia, Haykakan Zhamanak. [3]
Hakobyan played an active role in the 2018 Armenian revolution, which were a series of anti-government peaceful mass protests in response to the past president's third consecutive term. [7] On May 8, 2018, Nikol Pashinyan was elected Prime Minister. [8]
Hakobyan became the official spouse of the prime minister on May 8, 2018, following her husband's election as prime minister.
Just after the election, Hakobyan initiated a meeting with the charitable organisations involved in pediatric cancer and specialists. During the meeting session under her leadership, a working group to improve the state of pediatric cancer in Armenia was formed. Currently, a charitable foundation, of which Hakobyan is the Honorary President, is in the formation process to support the development of pediatric oncology and hematology in Armenia. [9]
On 7 September 2023, Hakobyan personally handed over 1,000+ smartphones, tablets and laptops for primary schoolchildren at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine. [10] This was Armenia’s first humanitarian aid for Ukraine since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022. [10]
During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, Hakobyan went through a week-long training program for combat. [11] She founded the Erato Detachment, which is the first all-women military unit in the Armenian Armed Forces. [11]