Lilit Galstyan is an Armenian politician, linguist, and social scientist. She was elected to the Armenian National Assembly on the party list of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
Lilit Galstyan | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 November 1962 (age 61) Yerevan |
| Nationality | Armenian |
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Life and career edit
Galstyan was born in Yerevan on 28 November 1962.[1] She attended Yerevan State University, where she graduated with a degree in philology in 1985. She worked for a year as a teacher in Talin, and then for several years at the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.[1] She then worked as a coordinator for the Hamazkayin, before joining the Armenian Ministry of Science and Education.[1] In 1996, she obtained a master's degree in political science from the American University of Armenia, and then she continued to study politics at the Tbilisi School of Political Studies.[1] In 2006, she earned her PhD in linguistics from the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.[1] She was then a lecturer for 2 years at Glendale Community College.[1]
She has written a number of books, including several translations of books from English.[2][3] She won a prize from the Canadian Embassy in Armenia for the best translation of English literature into the Armenian language.[1]
Galstyan was elected to the National Assembly of Armenia in May 2007.[1] In the legislature, Glastyan has been a member of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Լիլիթ Սերյոժայի Գալստյան" (in Armenian). Government of Armenia. 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ 2 պատմվածք և 1 պիես : XX դար. ամերիկյան արձակ : Ժողովածու (in Armenian). Koha online catalog. 1999. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Հայ մուկը (in Armenian). Koha online catalog. ISBN 9789993010111. Retrieved 16 August 2020.