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
Born18 February 1952
Dağ Cəyir, Shamkir District, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Children2
EducationYerevan State University
ProfessionEthnographer

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Hakobyan, Eva (4 February 2014). ""Legal permission for oligarchic economy." Hranush Kharatyan about "Human Rights in Armenia 2013″ report". Aravot. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Ռազմավարական հայեցակարգի նախագծի Ժողովրդագրական ոլորտը" (in Armenian). preparliament.com. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Krikorian, Onnik (15 September 2004). "An interview with Hranush Kharatyan". Armenian News Network / Groong. University of Southern California. Retrieved 13 June 2014.