Lena Nazaryan

Lena Nazaryan
Լենա Նազարյան
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
Assumed office
2 April 2017
Parliamentary group Way Out Alliance (Yelk)
Constituency National Electoral List
Personal details
Born (1983-03-09) March 9, 1983
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Armenian
Political party Civil Contract
Alma mater Yerevan State University

Lena Nazaryan (Armenian: Լենա Նազարյան; born 9 March 1983) is an Armenian politician and a member of the Armenian National Assembly. As a board member of the Civil Contract Party, she ran under the Way Out Alliance (Yelk) during the 2017 parliamentary election and was elected off the Yelk national list.

On April 11, 2018, she joined Ararat Mirzoyan in lighting smoke flares in the National Assembly to call attention to the protests against the transition of Serzh Sargsyan from President to Prime Minister. The protests did eventually did result in Sargsyan's resignation.[1]

Professional career

Prior to running as a political candidate, Nazaryan worked as a journalist for Hetq and as the coordinator for election programs at the Armenian branch of Transparency International. In 2013, she received the Freedom of Speech Award from the Asparez Journalists' Club.[2]

References

  1. "Up In Smoke: Armenia Lawmakers Ignite Flares In Parliament To Protest Sarkisian Shift". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 11, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. "Biography of Lena Nazaryan". National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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