Arevik Petrosyan (born December 9, 1972, Leninakan
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) is an Armenian stateswoman and lawyer.
She graduated from Yerevan State University with a degree from the Department of Law with honors in 1994.
[ Continuing on with post-graduate studies at the same university, she was awarded a Ph.D. in law in 1997, her thesis being "Legal State: General Description, Principles of Organizing and Directions of Activity".]
From 1994 to 1999, Petrosyan held various positions in the office of the President of Armenia
The president of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Նախագահ, Hayastani Nakhagah) is the head of state and the guarantor of independence and territorial integrity of Armenia elected to a single seven-year term by the National Assembly of Arm ...
, before being appointed Deputy Minister of Justice, a post she held until 2002.[ In 2002, she was appointed to the first of two terms as a deputy Chairperson of the Council of Civil Service, the second beginning in 2007.][ On May 12, 2007, she was elected to the ]National Assembly
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as a member of the Prosperous Armenia
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP; hy, Բարգավաճ Հայաստան կուսակցություն, Bargavatch Hayastan kusaktsut’yun, abbreviated as ԲՀԿ BHK), is a conservative political party in Armenia. It was founded by businessman Gagi ...
party.[ One of the leaders of Prosperous Armenia, she was elected Vice President of the National Assembly on November 12.][ As of March 2010, this is the highest Armenian government position ever held by a woman. On October 7, 2010, she gave up the office to another member of her party] at the instigation of Prosperous Armenia. On December 8, President Serzh Sargsyan
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appointed Petrosyan to the Constitutional Court of Armenia
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1972 births
Living people
Members of the National Assembly (Armenia)
Prosperous Armenia politicians
Armenian judges
Armenian lawyers
20th-century Armenian women politicians
20th-century Armenian politicians
21st-century Armenian women politicians
21st-century Armenian politicians
Yerevan State University alumni
People from Gyumri