Tsovinar Vardanyan

Tsovinar Vardanyan (born 8 September 1980) is an Armenian economist and politician of the Civil Contract. Since 2018 she is a member of the National Assembly of Armenia.

Tsovinar Vardanyan
Member of Parliament of the National Assembly of Armenia
Assumed office
2018
Parliamentary groupMy Step
Personal details
Born (1980-09-08) 8 September 1980
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materYerevan State University

Early life and education

Tsovinar Vardanyan was born in 1980 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia. She studied economy at the Yerevan State University from where she graduated with a BSc in 2001 and an MSc in 2003.[1] While studying for her Masters, she was employed in different positions of the Central Bank of Armenia between 2002 and 2003.[1]

Professional career

Between 2006 and 2014 she worked in financial institutions and between 2014 and 2019 she was in the executive leadership of several companies in Armenia.[1]

Political career

She was elected a Member of Parliament in the parliamentary elections of December 2018 for the Civil Contract within the My Step Alliance.[1] In May 2021, she was announced as a candidate for the My Step alliance[2][3] and was re-elected in the snap parliamentary elections of June 2021.[4]

Political positions

She was a leading force behind the introduction of paternal leave in Armenia in January 2021.[5][6]

References
  1. "National Assembly of Armenia". National Assembly of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. "Arminfo: Political parties of Armenia publish proportional lists of MP candidates for upcoming June 20 special elections". arminfo.info. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. "Candidate Lists For 2021 Armenia Parliamentary Elections Announced". Zartonk Media. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  4. "Members of Armenia's new parliament named". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  5. "Armenia to implement paternity leave for fathers of newborns". English Jamnews. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  6. "Armenian parliament passes bill giving newborn child father right to take leave". arka.am. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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