Lena Nazaryan

Lena Nazaryan (Armenian: Լենա Նազարյան; born 9 March 1983) is an Armenian politician and a member of the Armenian National Assembly. As a board member of the Civil Contract Party, she ran under the Way Out Alliance (Yelk) during the 2017 parliamentary election and was elected off the Yelk national list.

Lena Nazaryan
Լենա Նազարյան
Vice President of National Assembly
Assumed office
15 January 2019
Serving with Alen Simonyan and Vahe Enfiajyan
PresidentArarat Mirzoyan
Preceded byEduard Sharmazanov
Arpine Hovhannisyan
Mikayel Melkumyan
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
Assumed office
2 April 2017
Personal details
Born (1983-03-09) March 9, 1983
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCivil Contract
Alma materYerevan State University

On April 11, 2018, she joined Ararat Mirzoyan in lighting smoke flares in the National Assembly to call attention to the protests against the transition of Serzh Sargsyan from President to Prime Minister. The protests did eventually result in Sargsyan's resignation.[1]

Professional career

Prior to running as a political candidate, Nazaryan worked as a journalist for Hetq and as the coordinator for election programs at the Armenian branch of Transparency International. In 2013, she received the Freedom of Speech Award from the Asparez Journalists' Club.[2]

References
  1. "Up In Smoke: Armenia Lawmakers Ignite Flares In Parliament To Protest Sarkisian Shift". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 11, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. "Biography of Lena Nazaryan". National Assembly of Armenia. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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