Alvard Petrossyan

Alvard Petrossyan was born in 1946 in Yerevan. She studied at the Yerevan N 21 School under Al. Shirvanzade, in 1968 she graduated from the Yerevan State University, the Faculty of Philology. From 1969 to 1975 Alvard Petrossyan worked at the State Television and Radio Committee of Armenia as an editor, 1975–1979, on Hayastani Ashkhatavorouhi magazine; in 1980–1981 she worked at the Armenian Diaspora Committee, and in 1982–1990 she was the assistant of chief editor of the first Soviet Literature (Nork) literary and art magazine. From 1990 to 1994 she was the chief editor of Aragast weekly. From 1994 to 1998 she was the head of the Armenian Regional Department of the Armenian Aid Union. Since 1998 she has been a member of the Armenian Relief Society central board.[2]

During the terms 1999–2003, 2003–2007, 2007–2012 Alvard Petrossyan was a deputy in the National Assembly (proportional system, Armenian Revolutionary Federation). During the first 2 terms she was on the NA Standing Committee on Social, Health Care and Environmental Protection Affairs being a member of the "Armenian Revolutionary Federation" Faction, during 2007–2012 she was on the NA Standing Committee on Human Rights and Public Affairs.

• Medal of Marshal Baghramyan, 1997
• Honored Worker of Culture of Armenia, 2007
• Order of Merit, 2011[3]
• Literary Awards