Mane Tandilyan | |
Native Name Lang: | hy |
Office: | Minister of Labor, Social and Housing Affairs of Artsakh[1] |
President: | Arayik Harutyunyan |
Term Start: | 2 December 2020 |
Term End: | August 2021 |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Armenia |
Constituency1: | Yerevan Districts Kentron, Nork-Marash, Erebuni, Nubarashen |
Parliamentarygroup1: | Bright Armenia |
Term Start1: | 14 January 2019 |
Term End1: | August 2020 |
Office2: | Minister of Labour and Social Affairs |
Primeminister2: | Nikol Pashinyan |
President2: | Armen Sarkissian |
Predecessor2: | Artem Asatryan |
Successor2: | Zaruhi Batoyan |
Term Start2: | 12 May 2018 |
Term End2: | 14 November 2018 |
Office3: | Member of the National Assembly of Armenia |
Constituency3: | Yerevan Districts Avan, Nor Nork, Kanaker-Zeytun |
Parliamentarygroup3: | Way Out Alliance |
Term Start3: | 2 April 2017 |
Term End3: | 12 May 2018 |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1978 |
Birth Place: | Alaverdi, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | Bright Armenia |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Armenian State Pedagogical University American University of Armenia |
Mane Vanyayi Tandilyan (Armenian: Մանե Վանյայի Թանդիլյան; born 3 April 1978), is an Armenian historian and politician, Member of the National Assembly of Armenia and former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic from 12 May 2018 until she resigned on 14 November 2018.
Born in the northern town of Alaverdi, she graduated in History in the Armenian State Pedagogical University in 1999. Three years later graduated in Business in the American University of Armenia and got a master's degree in Business Administration.[2] In 2005 she founded and led the Armenian Council of the International European Movement. She is married with two children.
Since 15 December 2015 is member of the party Bright Armenia and on 22 December 2017 became Secretary of the party's Council.[3]
In 2017 parliamentary election she was elected as a member of the National Assembly of the 6th convocation for Way Out Alliance.[4]
On 11 May 2018, after the Velvet Revolution, she was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia.[5] On 12 June 2018, against the introduction of the mandatory component of the cumulative pension system by the government, she resigned,[6] [7] but Prime Minister Pashinyan, on June 21, didn't accept her resignation and she would continue her term.[8] [9]
On 14 November 2018 she resigned as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs on December 9 to participate in 2018 parliamentary election, getting a seat in the National Assembly.[10]
Mane Tandilyan currently leads the Country of Living party.