Zhanna Andreasyan

Andreasyan was born on 14 February 1981 in Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.^[1][2] She obtained a degree in sociology from Yerevan State University in 2002 and a master's degree in 2004, completing postgraduate studies in sociology at the same university between 2004 and 2008.^[2][3]

Between 1997 and 2002, Andreasyan was a correspondent for the children's and youth weekly magazine Kanch.^[2][3] In 2003, she began working at the Centre for Educational Programmes, where she was responsible for ICT implementation, project manager and deputy director until 2019.^[2][3] Since 2004, she has been teaching at the Yerevan State University.^[2][3] She has also been deputy director of the Armenian National Agrarian University.^[4]

She was appointed Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs during Minister Zaruhi Batoyan's term in February 2019, a position she held until 2020 when she was appointed Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports under Arayik Harutyunyan and Vahram Dumanyan [hy] until 12 December 2022.^[5][2][6] On 13 December 2022, Andreasyan was appointed Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.^[2][3]

She is married to journalist and broadcaster Petros Ghazaryan [hy], with whom have two daughters.^[2][7] Aside her native Armenian, Andreasyan is fluent in English and Russian.^[2]