Arpine Hovhannisyan | |
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Արփինե Հովհաննիսյան | |
Vice President of National Assembly | |
In office 18 May 2017 – 14 January 2019 | |
President | Ara Babloyan |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 4 Sep 2015 – 11 May 2017 | |
Prime Minister |
Hovik Abrahamyan Karen Karapetyan |
Preceded by | Hovhannes Manukyan |
Succeeded by | Davit Harutyunyan |
Personal details | |
Born | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | 4 December 1983
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Arpine Hovhannisyan ( Armenian: Արփինե Աշոտի Հովհաննիսյան; born 4 December 1983) is an Armenian politician, lawyer, former Minister of Justice of Armenia, and former Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia. Hovhannisyan is also the first female to ever hold the position of Justice Minister in Armenia. Currently a member of the Chamber of Advocates, she is fully engaged in a professional activity. During her political career, Hovhannisyan was member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), formerly a governing political force. She is not affiliated with any political party at present.
Arpine Hovhannisyan was born on 4 December 1983 in Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Arpine Hovhannisyan is married and has a son. She is a supporter of involving more women in Armenian politics, and has stated that the relatively low number of female deputies in Armenia is not due to legal discrimination, but women's psychology. [4]
She was criticized for the death of previously imprisoned citizen Arthur Sargsyan. [5] On March 17, 2017, participants of a demonstration in Yerevan demanded bringing to justice Minister of Justice Hovhannisyan, as well as all investigators who sentenced Sargsyan to detention, which indirectly led to his death. [6]