Zaruhi Batoyan

Zaruhi Batoyan (Armenian: Զարուհի Բաթոյան; born 29 September 1979), is an Armenian political figure, journalist and disability rights activist, and the former Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the Second Pashinyan government.[1][2]

Zaruhi Batoyan
Զարուհի Բաթոյան
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
In office
19 January 2019 – 20 November 2020
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byMane Tandilyan
Succeeded byMesrop Arakelyan
Personal details
Born (1979-09-29) September 29, 1979
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityArmenian
Political partyCivil Contract
Alma materYerevan State University

Biography

Zaruhi Batoyan was born in 1979 in Yerevan. In 2008, she graduated from the Department of Journalism at Yerevan State University. In 2012, she attended the Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) training program offered by Mobility International USA in Eugene, Oregon.

From 1999 to 2014 she was the Editor-in-Chief of the children's magazine "Sunflower". Since 2007, she was responsible for the protection of the rights of people with disabilities in the NGO "Bridge of Hope". Since 2012, she has been the director of "Zartprint" LLC, which supports the employment of people with disabilities. Between 2013 and 2017, she coordinated the Union of Legal Entities "National Alliance for the Protection of Persons with Disabilities". She is the founding president of "Disability Info" NGO since 2014.

As an expert on the rights of persons with disabilities, she worked with the United Nations Development Programme, Armenia Caritas, Armenia Mission, Armenian branch of the Philharmonic Mission, Armenian branch of the British organization OXFAM and other organizations.[3]

Political career

On 30 October 2016, she was elected member of the Board of Civil Society Party. In 2017 she was elected member of the Yerevan Council of Elders for Way Out Alliance.[4] On 11 June 2018 she was appointed Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs[5][6] until 18 January 2019.[7] According to the decree of the President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, she was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs on 19 January 2019 and took office on 30 January.[8][9] She is a wheelchair user.[10]

References
  1. "արուհի Բաթոյան" [Zaruhi Batoyan] (in Armenian). Government of Armenia. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. "Mesrop Arakelyan to replace Zaruhi Batoyan as Minister of Social Affairs". Public Radio of Armenia.
  3. ԶԱՐՈՒՀԻ ԲԱԹՈՅԱՆ (in Armenian)
  4. "hy:Տեղի է ունեցել հաշմանդամություն ունեցող անձանց հիմնահարցերով Երևանի քաղաքային հանձնաժողովի 2016 թվականի առաջին նիստը" [The first session of the 2016 Yerevan City Commission on Persons with Disabilities was held] (in Armenian). 5 February 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. "hy:ԶԱՐՈՒՀԻ ԲԱԹՈՅԱՆԻՆ ԱՇԽԱՏԱՆՔԻ ԵՎ ՍՈՑԻԱԼԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՐՑԵՐԻ ՆԱԽԱՐԱՐԻ ՏԵՂԱԿԱԼ ՆՇԱՆԱԿԵԼՈՒ ՄԱՍԻՆ" [Decree on Appointing Zaruhi Batoyan as Minister of Labor and Social Issues] (in Armenian). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  6. "Zaruhi Batoyan, Advocate for the Disabled, Appointed Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs". Hetq Online. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  7. "Zaruhi Batoyan sacked as deputy social welfare minister". 18 January 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  8. "hy:ՀՀ Աշխատանքի եւ սոցիալական հարցերի նախարար է նշանակվել Զարուհի Բաթոյանը" [Zaruhi Batoyan has been appointed RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs]. Arm Times (in Armenian). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  9. "Swearing-in ceremony of Cabinet members kicks off in Presidential Palace". Armen Press. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  10. Peter Liakhov (2 October 2018). "After the revolution, Armenia's people with disabilities seek to make their mark". Eurasianet. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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