Hripsime Grigoryan
Hripsime Grigoryan | |
|---|---|
Հռիփսիմե Գրիգորյան | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Parliamentary group | My Step |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1988 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Civil Contract |
| Alma mater | Central European University |
Hripsime Grigoryan (born 18 September 1988) is an Armenian politician of the Civil Contact. She is a member of the National Assembly of Armenia since 2018.
Early life and education[edit]
Hripsime Grigoryan was born in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia in 1988.[1] From 2005 onwards, she studied international relations and diplomacy at the Yerevan State University from where she graduated with BSc in 2009.[1] She followed up on her studies at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, obtaining a Master's degree in political sciences in 2011.[1] After she deepened her understanding on political processes in seminars of Democracy and Federalization in Switzerland and Sweden, taking part as a research assistant in political science for the "Varieties of Democracy" program of the University of Gothenburg between 2012 and 2017.[1]
Professional career[edit]
Between 2013 and 2018, Grigoryan occupied several offices in institutions like the US embassy in Armenia, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) or the Tourism department of the Armenian Ministry of Economic Development.[1]
Political career[edit]
Her political interest began to take form as she become a Member of the Armenian Youth Initiative Now in 2008.[1] In December 2018, she was elected into the National Assembly of Armenia[1] in which she became the head of the Tourism Committee.[2] Besides, Grigoryan is an alternate member to the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE.[3] In May 2021 it was announced that Grigorian was an electoral candidate for the Civil Contract within the My Step Alliance[4] and was re-elected in the Parliamentary Election of June 2021.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Assembly of Armenia | Official Web Site | parliament.am". www.parliament.am. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "New Armenia's Parliamentarians". www.evnreport.com. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ Ivanishcheva, Anzhelika. "Ms. Hripsime Grigoryan". www.oscepa.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Candidate Lists For 2021 Armenia Parliamentary Elections Announced". Zartonk Media. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Members of Armenia's new parliament named". www.panorama.am. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-15.