Hranush Kharatyan

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Kharatyan in 2008

Hranush Kharatyan (Armenian: Հրանուշ Խառատյան; born February 18, 1952)[1] is an Armenian ethnographer.[2] She also specializes in Caucasus studies, minority groups and Armenian studies.[1] She has been a member of the Pre-Parliament civil initiative since November 2012.[3]

Born in the village of Dağ Cəyir, in Azerbaijan's Shamkir District, Kharatyan graduated from the Yerevan State University (YSU) with a history degree in 1975.[4] She earned the degree of a Candidate of Sciences from the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography in Moscow by 1979.[1]

Between 1979 and 1989 she worked as a researcher at the Oriental studies Institute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.[1] In 1989-92 she was a research fellow at the Department of Ethnography at the YSU.[1] She headed the same department between 1994 and 2000.[1] In 1992-93 she was the Deputy Mayor of Yerevan, Armenia's capital.[1] She was appointed head of the Department of National Minorities and Religious Affairs in the Armenian Government[5] in 2004, which she resigned in 2008.[1]

Kharatyan is fluent in Armenian, Russian and has some knowledge of Azerbaijani.[1] She is married with 2 children.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Հրանուշ Սերգեյի Խառատյան [Hranush Sergeyi Kharatyan]" (in Armenian). Yerevan State Linguistic University. Archived from the original (DOC) on 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. ^ Hakobyan, Eva (4 February 2014). ""Legal permission for oligarchic economy." Hranush Kharatyan about "Human Rights in Armenia 2013″ report". Aravot. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Ռազմավարական հայեցակարգի նախագծի Ժողովրդագրական ոլորտը" (in Armenian). preparliament.com. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Պաշտոնական լրահոս [Official newsline]" (in Armenian). Government of the Republic of Armenia Website. 14 January 2004. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014.
  5. ^ Krikorian, Onnik (15 September 2004). "An interview with Hranush Kharatyan". Armenian News Network / Groong. University of Southern California. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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