Gayane Abrahamyan
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|party = My Step Alliance
|education = Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts
International Center for Journalists
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Gayane Abrahamyan (born 2 July 1979) is an Armenian politician and journalist who served in the National Assembly.
Early life
Gayane Abrahamyan was born on 2 July 1979. She graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts in 2007, and from the International Center for Journalists in 2009.{{Cite news |title=Gayane Abrahamyan |work=Armenia |url=http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=1282&lang=eng |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201001011408/http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=1282&lang=eng |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2020 }}
Career
=Journalism=
From 1997 to 2001, Abrahamyan served as the coordinator of the Little Singers of Armenia. She worked as a journalist for Armenia Now and Armenian International Magazine, as an Armenian correspondent for International Eurasianet, and as a correspondent with The Guardian and One Magazine.
=Politics=
On 9 December 2018, she was elected as a member of the National Assembly as a member of the My Step Alliance. During her tenure in the National Assembly she served on the Standing Committee on European Integration committee. She also served as the head of Armenia's delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly after Mkhitar Hayrapetyan stepped down as head of the delegation and as co-president of the organization.{{Cite news |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Armenia’s delegation to EuroNest PA to be headed by ruling faction MP Gayane Abrahamyan |url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/981612.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201001013143/https://armenpress.am/eng/news/981612.html |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2020 }}{{Cite news |date=June 23, 2020 |title=Euronest PA Co-President, Armenian MP Gayane Abrahamyan make joint statement |url=https://news.am/eng/news/587161.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201001013545/https://news.am/eng/news/587161.html |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2020 }} Abrahamyan resigned on September 25, 2020.{{Cite news |date=September 25, 2020 |title=Armenia: Lawmaker from ruling My Step bloc resigns |work=PanARMENIA |url=https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/285481/Armenia_Lawmaker_from_ruling_My_Step_bloc_resigns |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201001012500/https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/285481/Armenia_Lawmaker_from_ruling_My_Step_bloc_resigns |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2020 }}
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Category:21st-century Armenian women politicians
Category:Members of the 7th convocation of the National Assembly (Armenia)