Vartine Ohanian ( ar, فارتينيه أوهانيان, hy, Վարդինե Օհանյան; born 1 January 1984 in Burj Hammoud,

Matn District Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district ('' qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is ...

) is a Lebanese politician of

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

descent who served as the Lebanese Minister of Youth and Sports from 2020 to 2021.

Education and early life

Vartine received her secondary education at the Yeghishe Manoogian and the Levon and Sophia Hagopian college, both Armenian schools. She later obtained an MBA at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lebanon a masters degree in social psychology from the same university. She later studied project management at the

Haigazian University Haigazian University ( hy, Հայկազեան Համալսարան, pronounced ''Haygazyan Hamalsaran''; ar, جامعة هايكازيان) is a higher education institution founded in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon as Haigazian College. For a brief pe ...

Professional career

Varti Ohanian worked as a social worker for the Armenian Orphanage of

Byblos Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 8 ...

from 2006 until 2008, and at the same time for the Armenian diocese in Lebanon from 2007 until 2008. From 2013 to 2017, she was a social counselor and administrative coordinator within the union of social workers of the Armenian community in Lebanon. In January 2020 she became a Minister for Youth and Sports in the

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

Hassan Diab Hassan Diab ( ar, حسان دياب, Ḥassān Dyāb; born 1 June 1959) is a Lebanese academic, engineer and politician who served as the 37th prime minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021. He was appointed by President Mic ...

after her nomination by the

Dashnak 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 ...

Party She was one of the six female ministers in the Diab Government which included twenty ministries, which was viewed as a step in the right direction towards

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

in Lebanese politics. She was the youngest minister in the cabinet and it was the first time an Armenian woman became a Minister in Lebanon. After Hassan Diab's Government resigned on the 10 of August 2020, she will have the function of a caretaker of the Ministry until a replacing Government is constituted.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohanian, Vartine 1984 births Living people Government ministers of Lebanon Lebanese people of Armenian descent People from Matn District Lebanese University alumni Haigazian University alumni Armenian Revolutionary Federation politicians