Lilit Galstyan

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Lilit Galstyan
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born28 November 1962 (1962-11-28) (age 61)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Linguist

Lilit Galstyan is an Armenian politician, linguist, and social scientist. She was elected to the Armenian National Assembly on the party list of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.

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Life and career

Galstyan was born in Yerevan on 28 November 1962. [1] She attended Yerevan State University, where she graduated with a degree in philology in 1985. She worked for a year as a teacher in Talin, and then for several years at the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. [1] She then worked as a coordinator for the Hamazkayin, before joining the Armenian Ministry of Science and Education. [1] In 1996, she obtained a master's degree in political science from the American University of Armenia, and then she continued to study politics at the Tbilisi School of Political Studies. [1] In 2006, she earned her PhD in linguistics from the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. [1] She was then a lecturer for 2 years at Glendale Community College. [1]

She has written a number of books, including several translations of books from English. [2] [3] She won a prize from the Canadian Embassy in Armenia for the best translation of English literature into the Armenian language. [1]

Galstyan was elected to the National Assembly of Armenia in May 2007. [1] In the legislature, Glastyan has been a member of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports. [1]

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References

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