Larisa Alaverdyan Explained

Native Name Lang:hy
Larisa Alaverdyan
Office:1st Ombudsman
Term Start:1 March 2004
Term End:20 February 2006
President:Robert Kocharyan
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Armen Harutyunyan
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start2:2007
Term End2:2012
Birth Date:21 September 1943
Birth Place:Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Party:Founding Parliament
Alma Mater:Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University

Larisa Asaturi Alaverdyan (Armenian: Լարիսա Ասատուրի Ալավերդյան; born 21 September 1943), is an Armenian pedagogue and politician who served as the first Human Rights Defender of Armenia (Ombudsman), member of the National Assembly between 2007 and 2012 and leader of the faction of party Founding Parliament[1] between 2009 and 2012.

Biography

Alaverdyan was born in Baku, now governed by the Republic of Azerbaijan. After graduating from the State Pedagogical Institute of Azerbaijan in 1966, she started her pedagogical work as a teacher of mathematics and drawing. Between 1966 and 1967 was teacher of maths in a rural secondary school.[2]

From 1991 to 1995, was the chief expert of the Special Commission of the Supreme Council of Armenia in issues related to Nagorno-Karabakh, and since 2006 is the executive director of the NGO "Against the Violation of Law".[3] [4]

She is actually the director of Institute of Law and Politics of the Russian-Armenian University, where teaches since 2002.[5]

Participated in the European Union-Armenia parliamentary cooperative committee in the 10th meeting between 24 and 26 November 2008.[6]

Career as Ombudsman

The office of Human Rights Defender, or Ombudsman, of Armenia was created by law in October 2003, and on 19 February 2004 Larisa Alaverdyan was appointed to the office by presidential decree,[7] [8] assuming the office on 1 March 2004.

She helped the creation of the rehabilitation center of the South Caucasus for the victims of organized violence. This center managed to bring back home some Armenian children(1992 to 1996).[9]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.preparliament.com/member/larisa_alaverdyan/ Լարիսա Ալավերդյան
  2. http://www.parliament.am/archive/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=924&lang=eng Larisa ALAVERDYAN
  3. https://www.favl.am/about-us/staff/ Staff
  4. https://www.aravot-en.am/2017/05/05/194144/ Azerbaijan should be brought to political arena: Larisa Alaverdyan
  5. Web site: Director of the Institute: Larisa Alaverdyan . 2019-01-18 . 2020-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807213928/https://rau.am/eng/discoverRAU/contacts . dead .
  6. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/dsca20081124_0/dsca20081124_03b.pdf List and short biographies of Armenian Members
  7. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/185576 Լարիսա Ալավերդյանը՝ մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան
  8. http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/9809/ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՕՄԲՈՒԴՍՄԵՆԻ ՊԱՇՏՈՆՈՒՄ ՆՇԱՆԱԿՎԵԼ Է ԼԱՐԻՍԱ ԱԼԱՎԵՐԴՅԱՆԸ
  9. Web site: Larisa Alaverdyan . 2019-02-06 . 2019-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190708204525/http://www.ombuds.am/en/larisa-alaverdyan.html . dead .