Anahit Avanesian
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Anahit Avanesian | |
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Անահիտ Ավանեսյան | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Arsen Torosyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anahit Avanesian 21 March 1981 |
| Citizenship | Armenian |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Anahit Avanesian (Armenian: Անահիտ Ավանեսյան; born 21 March 1981) is an Armenian jurist and the current minister of health of Armenia.[1] Before, she has been a jurist in the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the pharmaceutical industry.
She enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the Yerevan State University in 1997 from where she earned a M.Sc. in Civil Law in 2003.[2] She followed up on her studies at the American University of Armenia, graduating from the Master Programme in Law.[3] Between 2002 and 2004, she took part in Leadership Programs of the Leadership Development Center and the South Caucasus Young Women Leadership program.[2]
Professional career
Her professional career began in 2000 as a jurist for the ministry of foreign affairs and the State Reserve Agency in the Ministry of Emergency situations.[2] From 2005 until 2015 she was a jurist for the NGO Democracy Today.[3] By 2014 she transferred into the pharmaceutical industry to Arpharmacia where she acted as member of the board from 2017 and 2018.[2]