Early life
Arpine Hovhannisyan was born on 4 December 1983 inEducation
*2000-2004 – Studied and graduated from theCareer
*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 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 Armenia. *May 19, 2008 - September 30, 2008 – Assistant to the Chief of the Staff of the President 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. *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.Personal life
Arpine Hovhannisyan is engaged. 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.Critics
She was criticized for the death of previously imprisoned citizen Arthur Sargsyan. On March 17, 2017, participants of a demonstration in Yerevan demanded bringing to justice Minister of Justice Hovhannisyan, as well as all investigators who sentenced Sargsyan to detention, which indirectly led to his death.See also
* First women lawyers around the worldReferences
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