Arpine Hovhannisyan
| Arpine Hovhannisyan | |
|---|---|
| Արփինե Հովհաննիսյան | |
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| Vice President of National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2017 | |
| President | Ara Babloyan |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 4 Sep 2015 – 11 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister |
Hovik Abrahamyan Karen Karapetyan |
| Preceded by | Hovhannes Manukyan |
| Succeeded by | Davit Harutyunyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 December 1983 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Republican Party of Armenia |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Arpine Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Արփինե Աշոտի Հովհաննիսյան) (born 4 December 1983) is an Armenian politician, lawyer, former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, and currently one of the Vice Presidents of the National Assembly in the Republic of Armenia. Hovhannisyan is also the first female to ever hold the position of Justice Minister in Armenia.
Early life
Arpine Hovhannisyan was born on 4 December 1983 in Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Education
- 2000-2004 – Studied and graduated from the Yerevan State University Faculty of Law.
- 2004-2006 – Received her master's degree in law from the Yerevan State University.
- 2006-2009 – Postgraduate from the Yerevan State University. Candidate of Law Sciences.[1]
Career
- 2003-2006 – A specialist of the first category of the Division of Reforms of the Criminal Executive Service of the Judicial Reforms Department of the Staff of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.
- 2006-2007 – Leading specialist.
- 2007 – Lecturer in the Civil Law Department of Yerevan State University.
- 2007-2008 – Deputy Head of the Department of Examination of Legal Acts of the Staff of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.
- May 19, 2008 - September 30, 2008 – Assistant to the Chief of the Staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia.
- 2008-2011 - Adviser to the President of the National Assembly.
- May 6, 2012 - Elected Deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional electoral system from the Republican Party of Armenia.
- September 4, 2015 – President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia signed a decree to appoint Arpine Hovhannisyan Minister of Justice.[2]
- April 2, 2017 - elected a deputy of the National Assembly from the Republican Party of Armenia in nationwide elections.
- May 19, 2017 - elected Vice President of the RA National Assembly. 73 MPs voted in favor of Arpine Hovhannisyan, 22 were against. 100 MPs took part in the voting, with 5 ballots declared invalid. [3]
Personal life
Arpine Hovhannisyan is unmarried. She is a supporter of involving more women in Armenian politics, and has stated that the relatively low number of female deputies in Armenia is not due to legal discrimination, but women’s psychology.[4]
Critics
She was criticized for the previously prisoned citizen Arthur Sargsyan's death.[5] On March 17, 2017 participants of a demonstration in Yerevan demanded bringing to justice the Minister of Justice Hovhannisyan, as well as all the investigators who sentenced Sargsyan to arrest, which indirectly led to his death.[6]
References
- ↑ "National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia - Official Web Site - parliament.am". www.parliament.am. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Arpine Hovhannisyan appointed Armenia's Justice Minister". news.am. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Biography of RA NA Deputy Speaker Arpine Hovhannisyan". Առավոտ - Նորություններ Հայաստանից. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ http://ayla.am/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Monitoring-report_CEDAW_eng.pdf
- ↑ Ֆեյսբուքյան էջի գրառումները հանելով, ոչի՜նչ չի ջնջվում, Արփինե... Hraparak, March 2017
- ↑ "Arminfo: In Liberty square a procession was started in memory of Artur Sargsyan". Retrieved 28 June 2017.