Lena Nazaryan ( hy, Լենա Նազարյան; born 9 March 1983) is an Armenian politician and a member of the

Armenian National Assembly Armenian National Assembly was the governing body of the Armenian millet in the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρα� ...

. As a board member of the Civil Contract Party, she ran under the

Way Out Alliance The Way Out Alliance ( hy, «Ելք» դաշինք, ԵԼՔ; ''YELK Dashink, YELQ'') or Yelk Alliance or simply Yelk or Way Out was a liberal political alliance of three political parties in Armenia: Civil Contract, Bright Armenia and the Hanrap ...

(Yelk) during the 2017 parliamentary election and was elected off the Yelk national list. On April 11, 2018, she joined

Ararat Mirzoyan Ararat Samveli Mirzoyan ( hy, Արարատ Սամվելի Միրզոյան; born 23 November 1979) is an Armenian politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. Before this, he served as President of the National ...

in lighting smoke flares in the National Assembly to call attention to the protests against the transition of

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

from President to Prime Minister. The

protests A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...

did eventually result in Sargsyan's resignation.

Professional career

Prior to running as a political candidate, Nazaryan worked as a journalist for

Hetq ''Hetq'' ( hy, Հետք, meaning ''The Trace'') is an online newspaper published in Yerevan by the Investigative Journalists NGO. It first appeared in 2001 in the Armenian language, and since 2002 it has been publishing in English as well. The ...

and as the coordinator for election programs at the Armenian branch of

Transparency International Transparency International e.V. (TI) is a German registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank. Based in Berlin, its nonprofit and non-governmental purpose is to take action to combat global corruption with civil ...

. In 2013, she received the Freedom of Speech Award from the Asparez Journalists' Club.

References

My Step nominates Lena Nazaryan for Vice Speaker of Parliament
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazaryan, Lena Living people 1983 births Members of the National Assembly (Armenia) Politicians from Yerevan 21st-century Armenian women politicians 21st-century Armenian politicians Members of the 7th convocation of the National Assembly (Armenia) Civil Contract (Armenia) politicians