Mane Tandilyan

Mane Tandilyan (Armenian: Մանե 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 since 12 May 2018 until she resigned on 14 November 2018.

Mane Tandilyan
Մանե Թանդիլյան
Minister of Labor, Social and Housing Affairs of Artsakh[1]
Assumed office
2 December 2020
PresidentArayik Harutyunyan
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office
14 January 2019 – August 2020
Parliamentary groupBright Armenia
ConstituencyYerevan Districts Kentron, Nork-Marash, Erebuni, Nubarashen
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office
12 May 2018 – 14 November 2018
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byArtem Asatryan
Succeeded byZaruhi Batoyan
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office
2 April 2017 – 12 May 2018
Parliamentary groupWay Out Alliance
ConstituencyYerevan Districts Avan, Nor Nork, Kanaker-Zeytun
Personal details
Born3 April 1978
Alaverdi, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyBright Armenia
Children2
Alma materArmenian State Pedagogical University
American University of Armenia

Biography

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.

Political career

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]

References
  1. Mane Tandilyan named Minister of Labor, Social and Housing Affairs of Artsakh
  2. "Mane Tandilyan". Bright Armenia. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. «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.
  4. Միակ կին թեկնածուն, որ ընտրվել է ռեյտինգային ընտրակարգով (in Armenian). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. "Mane Tandilyan appointed as Minister of Labor and Social Affair". 12 May 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. Մանե Թանդիլյանը հեռանում է սոցապ նախարարի պաշտոնից [Mane Tandilyan resigns as Social Minister] (in Armenian). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. "Armenia's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Resigns amid Mandatory Pension System Controversy". Armenian Weekly. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  8. "Mane Tandilyan to continue serving as minister of labor and social affairs despite resignation". 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  9. 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.
  10. "Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Resigns". Hetq Online. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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