Alen Simonyan
Alen Simonyan (Armenian:Ալեն Սիմոնյան; born 5 January 1980) is an Armenian politician, Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia and former member of Yerevan City Council.
Alen Simonyan | |
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Ալեն Սիմոնյան | |
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| Vice President of National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 15 January 2019 | |
| President | Ararat Mirzoyan |
| Preceded by | Eduard Sharmazanov Arpine Hovhannisyan Mikayel Melkumyan |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2018 | |
| Member of the Yerevan City Council | |
| In office 2017–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1980 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Civil Contract |
| Children | Robert Simonyan and Vitoria Simonyan |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
| Occupation | Politician Lawyer |
Career
2000 – 2002 – Served in the Armed Forces of Armenia.
2000 – Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University.
2015 – Master's Degree of the Faculty of the Political Science of NAS of Armenia. Political scientist.
2002 – 2003 – Assistant to the Chairman of the Court of the First Instance of Ajapnyak and Davitashen Communities, Secretary of the Office.
2003 – 2004 – Converse Bank, Human Resources Manager.
2006 – 2007– Worked on "Radio FM" radio station:
2008 – Participated in "PR and Political Technologies" training courses organized by the European Education & Research Center.
2007–2012 – Cooperated with TV5 TV Company, Yerkir Media TV Company, "Armenia" TV Company as a producer, director. Producer of a number of musical, political, pre-election video clips, performance director.
2012 – 2018 – Editor-in-Chief of "Ararat" magazine.
2013 – 2018 – Editor-in-chief and founder of Ararat Media Group LLC (araratnews.am web site and "Ararat" magazine).
2013 – One of the organizers of the "Car free" civil protest against the rise in prices for transportation.
2013 – 2015 – Member of the "Civil Treaty" public-political union management board.
30 May 2015 – Elected; On 30 October 2016 – Re-elected member of the Civil Contract party Board.
2015 – Speaker of the "Civil Contract" party.
2017 – 2018 – Member of the Yerevan City Council in the composition of Way Out Alliance.
16 May 2018 – Elected Member of the National Assembly by the national electoral list of the Way Out Alliance.
9 December 2018 – Elected member of the National Assembly by the national electoral list of the My Step Alliance.
15 January 2019 – Elected Vice-President National Assembly
Author of a number of journalistic articles.[1]
References
- Biography of Alen Simonyan Official website of the National Assembly of Armenia