Arlette Zakarian Explained

Arlette Zakarian
Office:Spokeswoman of the NEOS X - International
Term Start:January 2024
Predecessor:Martin Wallner
Successor:-
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Party:NEOS
Occupation:Lawyer

Arlette Zakarian is a French and Austrian lawyer specialized ininternational law. She has been the elected state spokeswoman (Landessprecherin) for Austrian expatriates who are members of the Austrian liberal political party NEOS since2024.[1]

Early life and education

Of Armenian origin, Arlette Zakarian was born in Tehran, Iran and raised in Austria.[2] After studying law and obtaining a doctorate in international law at the University of Vienna, she obtained a DEA in public international law at the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, an LLM in American law at Boston University, and an Executive master's in international Negotiation and Policy-making (INP) in Geneva.

Career

After working as a research assistant at Harvard University and Boston University, Zakarian worked as a lawyer for the car manufacturer Renault-Nissan. She was a policy analyst for the OECD in the Middle East and North Africa region.[3] She has also held several positions at Sciences Po, including Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Paris campus, and at ESSEC Business School, where she taught international business law. She was a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She has also worked as a litigation lawyer in the international insurance law department of the Bank of Scotland. Zakarian is a member of the bar in Strasbourg, France[4] and a European lawyer based in Vienna, Austria,[5] [6] Zakarian has published commentaries on Armenia and on territorial issues in this region of the Caucasus,[7] [8] [9] and is the co-author and co-editor of a book providing a legal analysis of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[10]

Political involvement

Between 2017 and 2023, Zakarian was the ombudsman for all 2700 NEOS members.[11] As a member of the Extended Board of NEOS,[12] Zakarian is responsible for the first and only autonomous national body established by an Austrianparliamentary party to defend and promote the interests of more than 613,000 Austrians living abroad, including 462,000 in Europe.[13] Since January 2024[14] she has been elected state spokeswoman (Landessprecherin) for NEOS X – International,[15] [16] [17] [18] the separate state-organization of NEOS. She is also the official representative of NEOS, in particolare of NEOS X - International in Strasbourg.[19] Zakarian is a candidate in the next 2024 Austrian parliamentary elections scheduled for September 29.[20]

Publication

References

  1. https://international.neos.eu/about/landesteam NEOS X - International, Landesteam
  2. https://www.marywardschulen.com/stpgym/index.php/aktuelles/archiv/39-schuljahr-201213/bildung/99-staatssekretaer-kurz-mit-integrationsbotschaftern-zu-gast-an-unserer-schule Mary Ward Schulen
  3. https://www.arabruleoflaw.org/Files/pdf2009/MenaCLS-FRC/Annex16.pdf www.arabruleoflaw.com
  4. https://consultation.avocat.fr/avocat-strasbourg/arlette-zakarian-50715.html Advocat Strasbourg, Arlette Zakarian
  5. https://www.rechtsanwaltsverein.at/mitglied-details/arlette-zakarian-wien.html Rechtsanwaltsverein, Arlette Zakarian
  6. https://www.profil.at/panorama/schoene-neue-arbeitswelt/402390947 Austrian newspaper, Profil: Schöne neue Arbeitswelt
  7. https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000139769204/guter-diktator-boeser-diktator Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Guter Diktator, böser Diktator
  8. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000188809/die-armenier-in-bergkarabach-haben-schon-verloren Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Armenier in Bergkarabach haben schon verloren
  9. https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000014680925/der-armenische-voelkermord-die-benennung-des-unbeschreiblichen Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Der armenische Völkermord. Die Benennung des Unbeschreiblichen
  10. https://www.nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/berg-karabach-id-106037/ Bergkarabach. Eine völkerrechtliche Analyse des Konflikts um Arzach. Herausgegeben von Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, LL.M., Dr. Sarah Babaian, LL.M., Dr. Arlette Zakarian, LL.M., Nomos, 2022, 448 Seiten, broschiert.
  11. https://newsv2.orf.at/stories/2399160/2399159/https://www.facebook.com/HelmutBrandstaetter/videos/ich-habe-bei-der-%C3%B6sterreichischen-rechtsanw%C3%A4ltin-arlette-zakarian-die-in-stra%C3%9Fbu/397514461887092/ Arlette Zakarian im Interview mit Helmut Brandstätter
  12. https://partei.neos.eu/unser-team/erweiterter-Vorstand NEOS, Unser erweiterter Vorstand
  13. https://partei.neos.eu/unser-team/erweiterter-Vorstand NEOS, Unser erweiterter Vorstand
  14. https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20240201_OTS0099/arlette-zakarian-als-neue-landessprecherin-von-neos-x-international-gewaehlt OTS. NEOS: Arlette Zakarian als neue Landessprecherin von NEOS X – International gewählt
  15. https://www.neos.eu/programm/news/arlette-zakarian-als-neue-landessprecherin-von-neos-x-international-gewaehlt NEOS. ARLETTE ZAKARIAN ALS NEUE LANDESSPRECHERIN VON NEOS X – INTERNATIONAL GEWÄHLT
  16. https://www.neos.eu/programm/news/arlette-zakarian-als-neue-landessprecherin-von-neos-X-International-gewählt NEOS, Arlette Zakarian als neue Landessprecherin von NEOS X International gewählt
  17. https://www.krone.at/3234945 Austrian newspaper, 'Kronen Zeitung': NEOS: „Zehnte“ Landesgruppe hat neue Sprecherin
  18. https://hephaestuswien.com/de/graff-neos-repraes-griechenland/ www.hephaestuswien.com, „NEOS X – International vertreten Österreicher in Griechenland“ – Gräff wird NEOS-Repräsentant für Griechenland
  19. https://international.neos.eu/projekte/reps NEOS Representatives
  20. https://vorwahl.neos.eu/election/NRWWL_240420/65fdc8e7d3c04d247eea148f NEOS Vorwahl, Nationalratswahlen 2024

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