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== Career ==
== Career ==
After working as a research assistant at [[Harvard University]] and Boston University, Zakarian worked as a lawyer for the car manufacturer Renault-Nissan. She was a policy analyst for the [[OECD]] in the Middle East and North Africa region.<ref>[https://www.arabruleoflaw.org/Files/pdf2009/MenaCLS-FRC/Annex16.pdf www.arabruleoflaw.com]</ref> She has also held several positions at [[Sciences Po]], including Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Paris campus, and at [[ESSEC Business School]], where she taught international business law. She was a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She has also worked as a litigation lawyer in the international insurance law department of the [[Bank of Scotland]]. Zakarian is a member of the bar in [[Strasbourg]], France<ref>[https://consultation.avocat.fr/avocat-strasbourg/arlette-zakarian-50715.html Advocat Strasbourg, Arlette Zakarian]</ref> and a European lawyer based in [[Vienna]], Austria,<ref>[https://www.rechtsanwaltsverein.at/mitglied-details/arlette-zakarian-wien.html Rechtsanwaltsverein, Arlette Zakarian]</ref><ref>[https://www.profil.at/panorama/schoene-neue-arbeitswelt/402390947 Austrian newspaper, Profil: Schöne neue Arbeitswelt]</ref>
After working as a research assistant at [[Harvard University]] and Boston University, Zakarian worked as a lawyer for the car manufacturer Renault-Nissan. She was a policy analyst for the [[OECD]] in the Middle East and North Africa region.<ref>[https://www.arabruleoflaw.org/Files/pdf2009/MenaCLS-FRC/Annex16.pdf www.arabruleoflaw.com]</ref> She has also held several positions at [[Sciences Po]], including Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Paris campus, and at [[ESSEC Business School]], where she taught international business law. She was a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She has also worked as a litigation lawyer in the international insurance law department of the [[Bank of Scotland]]. Zakarian is a member of the bar in [[Strasbourg]], France<ref>[https://consultation.avocat.fr/avocat-strasbourg/arlette-zakarian-50715.html Advocat Strasbourg, Arlette Zakarian]</ref> and a European lawyer based in [[Vienna]], Austria,<ref>[https://www.rechtsanwaltsverein.at/mitglied-details/arlette-zakarian-wien.html Rechtsanwaltsverein, Arlette Zakarian]</ref><ref>[https://www.profil.at/panorama/schoene-neue-arbeitswelt/402390947 Austrian newspaper, Profil: Schöne neue Arbeitswelt]</ref> Zakarian has published commentaries on [[Armenia]] and on territorial issues in this region of the [[Caucasus]],<ref>[https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000139769204/guter-diktator-boeser-diktator Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Guter Diktator, böser Diktator]</ref><ref>[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000188809/die-armenier-in-bergkarabach-haben-schon-verloren Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Armenier in Bergkarabach haben schon verloren]</ref><ref>[https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000014680925/der-armenische-voelkermord-die-benennung-des-unbeschreiblichen Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Der armenische Völkermord. Die Benennung des Unbeschreiblichen]</ref> and is the co-author and co-editor of a book providing a legal analysis of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]].<ref>[https://www.nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/berg-karabach-id-106037/ Bergkarabach. Eine völkerrechtliche Analyse des Konflikts um Arzach. Herausgegeben von Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, LL.M., Dr. Sarah Babaian, LL.M., Dr. Arlette Zakarian, LL.M., Nomos, 2022, 448 Seiten, broschiert.] ISBN 978-3-8487-8514-8</ref>

Zakarian has published commentaries on [[Armenia]] and on territorial issues in this region of the [[Caucasus]],<ref>[https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000139769204/guter-diktator-boeser-diktator Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Guter Diktator, böser Diktator]</ref><ref>[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000188809/die-armenier-in-bergkarabach-haben-schon-verloren Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Armenier in Bergkarabach haben schon verloren]</ref><ref>[https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000014680925/der-armenische-voelkermord-die-benennung-des-unbeschreiblichen Austrian newspaper 'Der Standard': Der armenische Völkermord. Die Benennung des Unbeschreiblichen]</ref> and is the co-author and co-editor of a book providing a legal analysis of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]<ref>[https://www.nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/berg-karabach-id-106037/ Bergkarabach. Eine völkerrechtliche Analyse des Konflikts um Arzach. Herausgegeben von Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, LL.M., Dr. Sarah Babaian, LL.M., Dr. Arlette Zakarian, LL.M., Nomos, 2022, 448 Seiten, broschiert.] ISBN 978-3-8487-8514-8</ref>


=== Political involvement ===
=== Political involvement ===

Revision as of 12:20, 2 July 2024

Arlette Zakarian
Spokeswoman of the NEOS X - International
Assumed office
January 2024
Preceded byMartin Wallner
Succeeded by-
Personal details
BornTehran, Iran
Political partyNEOS
OccupationLawyer

Arlette Zakarian is a French and Austrian lawyer specialized in international law. She has been the elected state spokeswoman (Landessprecherin) for Austrian expatriates who are members of the Austrian liberal political party NEOS since 2024.[1]

Early life and education

Of Armenian origin, Arlette Zakarian was born in Tehran, Iran and raised in Austria.[2] After studying law and obtaining a doctorate in international law at the University of Vienna, she obtained a DEA in public international law at the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, an LLM in American law at Boston University, and an Executive master's in international Negotiation and Policy-making (INP) in Geneva.[citation needed]

Career

After working as a research assistant at Harvard University and Boston University, Zakarian worked as a lawyer for the car manufacturer Renault-Nissan. She was a policy analyst for the OECD in the Middle East and North Africa region.[3] She has also held several positions at Sciences Po, including Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Paris campus, and at ESSEC Business School, where she taught international business law. She was a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She has also worked as a litigation lawyer in the international insurance law department of the Bank of Scotland. Zakarian is a member of the bar in Strasbourg, France[4] and a European lawyer based in Vienna, Austria,[5][6] Zakarian has published commentaries on Armenia and on territorial issues in this region of the Caucasus,[7][8][9] and is the co-author and co-editor of a book providing a legal analysis of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[10]

Political involvement

Between 2017 and 2023, Zakarian was the ombudsman for all 2700 NEOS members.[11] As a member of the Extended Board of NEOS,[12] Zakarian is responsible for the first and only autonomous national body established by an Austrian parliamentary party to defend and promote the interests of more than 613,000 Austrians living abroad, including 462,000 in Europe.[13] Since January 2024[14] she has been elected state spokeswoman (Landessprecherin) for NEOS X – International,[15][16][17][18] the separate state-organization of NEOS. She is also the official representative of NEOS, in particolare of NEOS X - International in Strasbourg.[19] Zakarian is a candidate in the next 2024 Austrian parliamentary elections scheduled for September 29.[20]

Publication

  • Gurgen Petrossian/Sarah Babaian/Arlette Zakarian (Hrsg.): Berg-Karabach – Eine völkerrechtliche Analyse des Konflikts um Arzach, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2022, ISBN 978-3-8487-8514-8

References