Lusine Gachai Gharakhanyan ( hy, Լուսինե Գաչայի Ղարախանյան; born 13 August 1978) is an Armenian psychologist and politician from the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...

. She was the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport in the Harutyunyan government.

Early life

Gharakhanyan was born on 13 August 1978 in

Askeran Askeran ( hy, Ասկերան or , ; az, Əsgəran) is a town ''de facto'' in the Republic of Artsakh as the administrative centre of its Askeran Province, ''de jure'' in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the Political status of Nagorno-Ka ...

, in the

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), DQMV, hy, Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ, ԼՂԻՄ was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its cap ...

Political career

On 26 May 2020, Gharakhanyan was appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture in the Harutyunyan government. On 30 December 2020, she was appointed as Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. On 7 February 2022, Gharakhanyan was replaced by Anahit Hakobyan in that position and appointed advisor to the president the same day.

Personal life

Gharakhanyan is married and has a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gharakhanyan, Lusine 1978 births Living people People from Askeran Province Women from the Republic of Artsakh in politics Government ministers of the Republic of Artsakh