Katarine Zalyan-Manukyan (died 1965) was an

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n politician. In 1919 she was elected to parliament, becoming one of the first three female MPs in the country.

Biography

Zalyan-Manukyan was a nurse and worked at orphanages. She married

Aram Manukyan Aram Manukyan ( hy, Արամ Մանուկյան; born March 9, 1957) is an Armenian politician. Early life Born in Vanadzor, Manukian graduated from the Hovhannes Tumanyan State Pedagogical University with a degree in physics. Between 1978 and 1 ...

in 1917 had a daughter named Seda the following year. Manukyan was one of the founders of the

First Republic of Armenia The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն), was the first modern Armenian state since the loss of Armenian statehood in the Middle ...

and became its first Minister of Internal Affairs in 1918. In the same year Katarine coordinated nursing volunteers at the

Battle of Abaran The Battle of Bash Abaran ( hy, Բաշ Աբարանի ճակատամարտ ''Bash Abarani chakatamart'', tr, Baş-Abaran Muharebesi) was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Bash Abaran, in 1918. The ...

and Sardarabad. Her husband died in January 1919 after contracting typhus. A member of the

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...

,Women's Suffrage: The Armenian Formula
Chai Khana Zalyan-Manukyan was a candidate in the June 1919 parliamentary elections, and was one of three women elected alongside Perchuhi Partizpanyan-Barseghyan and Varvara Sahakyan.The women MPs of the First Republic of Armenia
Armenians Today As a member of parliament, she served on the health committee.Առաջին հանրապետության կին պատգամավորները
Women of Armenia After the Bolshevik takeover in 1920, she relocated to

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...

in Russia. She returned to Armenia in 1927, before moving to

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. She died in 1965.

References

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