Anahit Avanesian | |
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Անահիտ Ավանեսյան | |
Minister of Health | |
Assumed office 18 January 2021 | |
Preceded by | Arsen Torosyan |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 March 1981 |
Citizenship | Armenian |
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Occupation | Jurist |
Anahit Avanesian (born 21 March 1981) is an Armenian jurist and the current Armenian Minister of Health. [1] Before,she has been a jurist in the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the pharmaceutical industry.
She enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the Yerevan State University in 1997 from where she earned a M.Sc. in Civil Law in 2003. [2] She followed up on her studies at the American University of Armenia,graduating from the Master Programme in Law. [3] Between 2002 and 2004,she took part in Leadership Programs of the Leadership Development Center and the South Caucasus Young Women Leadership program. [2]
Her professional career began in 2000 as a jurist for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Reserve Agency in the Ministry of Emergency situations. [2] From 2005 until 2015 she was a jurist for the NGO Democracy Today. [3] By 2014 she transferred into the pharmaceutical industry to Arpharmacia where she acted as member of the board from 2017 and 2018. [2]
She entered the public administration in May 2018 as a deputy Health Minister,becoming in May 2020 the First Deputy Health Minister. [4] In January 2021,she became the successor of Health Minister Arsen Torosyan (hy) from the Civil Contract [1] and is the only woman in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Nikol Pashynian. [5] As Health Minister,she was a central figure responsible for dealing with affronting the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] [7]
She is married and has three children. [2]
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