Tsovinar Vardanyan

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Tsovinar Vardanyan
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Member of Parliament of the National Assembly of Armenia
Assumed office
2018
Parliamentary groupMy Step
Personal details
Born (1980-09-08) 8 September 1980 (age 41)
Yerevan
Alma materYerevan 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[]

  1. ^ a b c d "National Assembly of Armenia". National Assembly of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Arminfo: Political parties of Armenia publish proportional lists of MP candidates for upcoming June 20 special elections". arminfo.info. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. ^ "Candidate Lists For 2021 Armenia Parliamentary Elections Announced". Zartonk Media. Retrieved 2021-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Members of Armenia's new parliament named". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2021-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Armenia to implement paternity leave for fathers of newborns". English Jamnews. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  6. ^ "Armenian parliament passes bill giving newborn child father right to take leave". arka.am. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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