Hermine Naghdalyan ( hy, Հերմինե Նաղդալյան 28 July 1960) is an Armenian economist and politician who is deputy speaker of the

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Early life and education

Naghdalyan was born on 28 July 1960 in

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. She has a PhD in economics from the Yerevan Institute of National Economy. Naghdalyan was elected to the National Assembly to represent district 49 for the Republican party in 1995. She is a member of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs. On 31 May 2012 she was elected Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. In 2014, she became temporary de facto

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for three days while President

Serzh Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan ( hy, Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, ; born 30 June 1954)Of ...

and Speaker

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were out of the country. Naghdalyan was head of the Armenia–US parliamentary friendship group. In 2015, Ambassador

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called for her to step down due to her membership of the Russian 'Griboyedov' Club and she submitted her resignation. Naghdalyan is the head of the Armenian delegation to the

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(PACE) On 25 February 2011 she was elected chair of the PACE committee on Economic Affairs and Development and in January 2016 she became a Vice President of PACE, presiding over the fall session. Naghdalyan is head of the Republican Party Women's Council, which is an elected observer member of the

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Personal life

Naghdalyan is married to Davit Beglaryan and they have five children. In 2016, their company Sisian BUAT received a government contract for road construction works worth over 636 million drams ($1.3 million).

Awards

Mkhitar Gosh Mkhitar Gosh ( hy, Մխիթար Գոշ; 1130–1213) or Mkhitar the Thinbearded was an Armenian scholar, writer, public figure, thinker, and priest. He was one of the representatives of the Armenian Renaissance. Biography He was born in the city ...

medal 2011 * Friendship Order of the

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, 2014

References

External links

Parliamentary Profile

PACE Profile
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