Hranush Hakobyan | |
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Diaspora Minister of Armenia | |
In office 1 October 2008 – 23 April 2018 | |
President |
Serzh Sargsyan Armen Sarkissian |
Prime Minister |
Tigran Sargsyan Hovik Abrahamyan Karen Karapetyan Serzh Sargsyan Karen Karapetyan Nikol Pashinyan(acting) |
Preceded by | position created |
Succeeded by | Mkhitar Hayrapetyan |
Minister of Social Security | |
In office 1996–1998 | |
President | Levon Ter-Petrosyan |
Preceded by | Raphael Bagoyan |
Succeeded by | Gagik Yeganyan |
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sarukhan, Gegharkunik Province | 12 April 1954
Nationality | Armenian |
Hranush Hrant Hakobyan ( Armenian: Հրանուշ Հրանտի Հակոբյան) is an Armenian politician who is the longest-serving woman in the National Assembly of Armenia and among the only seven women members of Armenia's Parliament. [1] She was the first Armenian woman to be "directly elected" into office by the Armenian people instead of "being appointed by a political party".
She became the long-standing Minister of the Diaspora for many years, [1] [2] before the said ministry was abolished. In 2005, she sponsored Armenia's "gender-quota law" in order to encourage the participation and election of more women in the politics of Armenia. [1]
Hranush Hakobyan (a mathematician, lawyer, political scientist, non-partisan) was born on 12 April 1954 in the village of Sarukhan in Kamo Region.
Hranush Hakobyan | |
---|---|
Diaspora Minister of Armenia | |
In office 1 October 2008 – 23 April 2018 | |
President |
Serzh Sargsyan Armen Sarkissian |
Prime Minister |
Tigran Sargsyan Hovik Abrahamyan Karen Karapetyan Serzh Sargsyan Karen Karapetyan Nikol Pashinyan(acting) |
Preceded by | position created |
Succeeded by | Mkhitar Hayrapetyan |
Minister of Social Security | |
In office 1996–1998 | |
President | Levon Ter-Petrosyan |
Preceded by | Raphael Bagoyan |
Succeeded by | Gagik Yeganyan |
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sarukhan, Gegharkunik Province | 12 April 1954
Nationality | Armenian |
Hranush Hrant Hakobyan ( Armenian: Հրանուշ Հրանտի Հակոբյան) is an Armenian politician who is the longest-serving woman in the National Assembly of Armenia and among the only seven women members of Armenia's Parliament. [1] She was the first Armenian woman to be "directly elected" into office by the Armenian people instead of "being appointed by a political party".
She became the long-standing Minister of the Diaspora for many years, [1] [2] before the said ministry was abolished. In 2005, she sponsored Armenia's "gender-quota law" in order to encourage the participation and election of more women in the politics of Armenia. [1]
Hranush Hakobyan (a mathematician, lawyer, political scientist, non-partisan) was born on 12 April 1954 in the village of Sarukhan in Kamo Region.