Hranush Hakobyan
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. She was the first Armenian woman to be "directly elected" into office by the Armenian people instead of "being appointed by a political party".
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 | 12 April 1954 Sarukhan, Gegharkunik Province |
| Nationality | Armenian |
She became the long-standing Minister of the Diaspora for many years, 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.
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