Hranush Kharatyan (Armenian: Հրանուշ Խառատյան; born 18 February 1952)[1] is an Armenian ethnographer.[2] She also specialises in Caucasus studies, minority groups and Armenian studies.[1] She has been a member of the Pre-Parliament civil initiative since November 2012.[3]
Hranush Kharatyan | |
|---|---|
Հրանուշ Խառատյան | |
 Kharatyan in 2008 | |
| Deputy Mayor of Yerevan | |
| In office 1992–1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1952 Dağ Cəyir, Shamkir District, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Yerevan State University |
| Profession | Ethnographer |
Born in the village of Dağ Cəyir, in Azerbaijan's Shamkir District, Kharatyan graduated from the Yerevan State University (YSU) with a history degree in 1975.[4] She earned the degree of a Candidate of Sciences from the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography in Moscow by 1979.[1]
From 1979–1989, Kharatyan worked as a researcher at the Oriental studies Institute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.[1] In 1989–1992 she was a research fellow at the Department of Ethnography at the YSU.[1] She headed the same department between 1994 and 2000.[1] In 1992–1993 she was the Deputy Mayor of Yerevan, Armenia's capital.[1] She was appointed head of the Department of National Minorities and Religious Affairs in the Armenian Government[5] in 2004, which she resigned in 2008.[1]
Kharatyan is fluent in Armenian, Russian and has some knowledge of Azerbaijani.[1] She is married with 2 children.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Հրանուշ Սերգեյի Խառատյան [Hranush Sergeyi Kharatyan]" (in Armenian). Yerevan State Linguistic University. Archived from the original (DOC) on 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ Hakobyan, Eva (4 February 2014). ""Legal permission for oligarchic economy." Hranush Kharatyan about "Human Rights in Armenia 2013″ report". Aravot. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "Ռազմավարական հայեցակարգի նախագծի Ժողովրդագրական ոլորտը" (in Armenian). preparliament.com. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Պաշտոնական լրահոս [Official newsline]" (in Armenian). Government of the Republic of Armenia Website. 14 January 2004. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014.
- ^ Krikorian, Onnik (15 September 2004). "An interview with Hranush Kharatyan". Armenian News Network / Groong. University of Southern California. Retrieved 13 June 2014.