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.
Mane Tandilyan | |
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Մանե Թանդիլյան | |
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| Minister of Labor, Social and Housing Affairs of Artsakh[1] | |
| In office 2 December 2020 – August 2021 | |
| President | Arayik Harutyunyan |
| Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| In office 14 January 2019 – August 2020 | |
| Parliamentary group | Bright Armenia |
| Constituency | Yerevan Districts Kentron, Nork-Marash, Erebuni, Nubarashen |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | |
| In office 12 May 2018 – 14 November 2018 | |
| President | Armen Sarkissian |
| Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Preceded by | Artem Asatryan |
| Succeeded by | Zaruhi Batoyan |
| Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| In office 2 April 2017 – 12 May 2018 | |
| Parliamentary group | Way Out Alliance |
| Constituency | Yerevan Districts Avan, Nor Nork, Kanaker-Zeytun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1978 Alaverdi, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Bright Armenia |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Armenian State Pedagogical University American University of Armenia |
Biography
editBorn 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.
Political career
editSince 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.
References
edit- ^ Mane Tandilyan named Minister of Labor, Social and Housing Affairs of Artsakh
- ^ "Mane Tandilyan". Bright Armenia. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ «Լուսավոր Հայաստան» կուսակցության Խորհրդի քարտուղար է ընտրվել Մանե Թանդիլյանը [Mane Tandilyan was elected as Secretary of the Council of the Bright Armenia Party] (in Armenian). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Միակ կին թեկնածուն, որ ընտրվել է ռեյտինգային ընտրակարգով (in Armenian). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Mane Tandilyan appointed as Minister of Labor and Social Affair". 12 May 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Մանե Թանդիլյանը հեռանում է սոցապ նախարարի պաշտոնից [Mane Tandilyan resigns as Social Minister] (in Armenian). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Armenia's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Resigns amid Mandatory Pension System Controversy". Armenian Weekly. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Mane Tandilyan to continue serving as minister of labor and social affairs despite resignation". 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Վարչապետը չի ընդունել Մանե Թանդիլյանի հրաժարականը․ որոշել են համատեղ աշխատել․ [PM Rejects Mane Tandilyan's Resignation: Decides to work together] (in Armenian). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Resigns". Hetq Online. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.