Taguhi Tovmasyan (born 14 August 1982,

Vardenis Vardenis ( hy, Վարդենիս) is a town and urban municipal community in the southeastern part of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is located in the valley of the Masrik River, on the territory of the Masrik artesian basin at above s ...

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

, USSR) Deputy of the 7th convocation of the

National Assembly of Armenia The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...

, Guide-translator (English), journalist, politician.

Biography

Tovmasyan was born August 1982 in

. She studied at the Faculty of Humanities at the

Armenian State Pedagogical University Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) ( hy, Խաչատուր Աբովյանի անվան հայկական պետական մանկավարժական համալսարան, ՀՊՄՀ), is a state university and higher educa ...

from where she graduated as an English guide translator in 2000 and a journalist in 2003. In 2013, she graduated with a MSc in political science from the Armenian Academy of Public Administration. She followed up on her studies in journalism in international standards of journalism at the Institute for War en Peace Reporting in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

in 2004, and in a program on juridical journalism from the

Association of European Journalists The Association of European Journalists (founded 1961, San Remo) is an organisation promoting the interests of journalists involved in European affairs. It is an NGO in operational relations with UNESCO and enjoys consultative status in the Counc ...

. In 2014-2015 she participated in Democracy courses organized in Yerevan by the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

Professional career

Between 2003 and 2004 she was a volunteer at the “Iravunk newspaper” in which in 2004 she was promoted to the political department of the newspaper. 2004 - 2007 - Journalist of the political department of the “Iravunk” newspaper. 2007- 2011 - Journalist of the newspaper “The Fourth Power” of the LLC agency “Ogostos” (“August”). In 2011- she was the founding head of the “Zhoghovurd Publishing House LLC” (“Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper, ArmLur.am news site). She was also the Editor-in-Chief of “Zhoghovurd” newspaper and ArmLur.am website.The publishing house was raided in December 2019.

Political career

2019 - 2021-

Member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

(territorial electoral list of the electoral district #8 of the “My Step” alliance of parties). On November 16, 2020, in protest of the defeat in the Second Nagorno Karabakh war, she left the faction of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

" My Step". Following she joined the

I have Honor alliance I Have Honor ( hy, Պատիվ ունեմ դաշինք, Pativ unem dashink’) is a political alliance in Armenia. It was founded on 15 May 2021 and consists of the Republican Party of Armenia and the Homeland Party. History The alliance was form ...

(Pativ Unem) who nominated her to the parliamentarian Human Rights commission. On 31 March 2021 at the 11th annual AAD Award Ceremony, she received nomination “Best Parliament Member of the Year” for the Deputy activity in 2020. June 20, 2021 - Elected Member of the National Assembly from the national electoral list of the “With Honor” alliance of parties.

Family

She is married and has two children.

Biography

Professional career

Political career

Family

References

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