Anahit Manasyan is confirmed as the new Human Rights Defender of Armenia by parliament.
69 of the 107 MPs took part in the confirmation vote, with all 69 voting in favor of Manasyan’s candidacy.
Manasyan, the Deputy Prosecutor General, was nominated for the vacant position of Ombudsperson by the ruling Civil Contract faction.
Anahit Manasyan studied at the Faculty of Law of YSU, received bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and took postgraduate course. In 2016, she studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.
The two opposition factions, ‘Hayastan’ (Armenia) and ‘Pativ Unem’ (I Have the Honor), strongly opposed Manasyan’s candidacy and did not participate in the vote.
The post of the Human Rights Defender had been vacant since Kristinne Grigoryan quit on January 23 after just one year in office.
