Armenian Reporter:

From Armenia in brief: Hranush Hakobyan appointed minister of diaspora affairs

Published: Saturday October 04, 2008

Hranush Hakobyan heads the Diaspora Ministry of Armenia. Photolure

Yerevan - Hranush Hakobyan was appointed as minister of diaspora affairs on October 2 by a presidential decree. She was relieved at the same time of her position as chair of the parliamentary committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Relations. The diaspora ministry is a new ministry that will now be fully operational.

According to Arminfo, Ms. Hakobyan graduated from Yerevan State University with a degree in applied mathematics. She has been a member of parliament since 1999 and served as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs from 1996 to 1998.

--M.T.

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