Tsovinar Vardanyan
Tsovinar Vardanyan | |
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Member of Parliament of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
Assumed office 2018 | |
Parliamentary group | My Step |
Personal details | |
Born | Yerevan | 8 September 1980
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Tsovinar Vardanyan (born 8 September 1980) is an Armenian economist and politician of the Civil Contract. Since 2018 she is a member of the National Assembly of Armenia.
Early life and education[]
Tsovinar Vardanyan was born in 1980 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia. She studied economy at the Yerevan State University from where she graduated with a BSc in 2001 and an MSc in 2003.[1] While studying for her Masters, she was employed in different positions of the Central Bank of Armenia between 2002 and 2003.[1]
Professional career[]
Between 2006 and 2014 she worked in financial institutions and between 2014 and 2019 she was in the executive leadership of several companies in Armenia.[1]
Political career[]
She was elected a Member of Parliament in the parliamentary elections of December 2018 for the Civil Contract within the My Step Alliance.[1] In May 2021, she was announced as a candidate for the My Step alliance[2][3] and was re-elected in the snap parliamentary elections of June 2021.[4]
Political positions[]
She was a leading force behind the introduction of paternal leave in Armenia in January 2021.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "National Assembly of Armenia". National Assembly of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Arminfo: Political parties of Armenia publish proportional lists of MP candidates for upcoming June 20 special elections". arminfo.info. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Candidate Lists For 2021 Armenia Parliamentary Elections Announced". Zartonk Media. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Members of Armenia's new parliament named". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Armenia to implement paternity leave for fathers of newborns". English Jamnews. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Armenian parliament passes bill giving newborn child father right to take leave". arka.am. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- 1980 births
- People from Yerevan
- Yerevan State University alumni
- Living people
- 21st-century Armenian women politicians
- 21st-century Armenian politicians
- Members of the 7th convocation of the National Assembly (Armenia)