Knyaz Hasanov
Knyaz Hasanov | |
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| Member of the Armenian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Parliamentary group | My Step Alliance |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1945 Astkhaberd, Kotayk Province, Armenia |
| Citizenship | Armenian |
Knyaz Hasanov (born 17 January 1945) is an Armenian politician and a member of the Armenian Parliament for the My Step Alliance.
Early life and education
[edit]Kurdish Armenian Knyaz Hasanov was born on 17 January 1945 in the village Astkhaberd in the province of Kotayk of Armenia.[1] He attended the Marx–Engels–Lenin Institute in Moscow, from which he graduated in political economy in 1968.[1] He then followed up on his studies and in 1969 he graduated in from the Faculty of Horticulture at the Armenian Agricultural Institute.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Following his graduation he entered the public administration and served in the executive committee of the Abovyan District Council from 1970 to 1973.[1] In 1973 he became the director of Cinema Network in Abovyan, a post he kept until 1997.[1] In 1977 he also assumed as the director of the Kotayk Cinema Network, as what he served until 2014.[1] Besides he serves the chief editor of the monthly Zagros since 2007.[1][2]
Political career
[edit]Hasanov is a leader of the Kurdish community in Armenia[1][3] and since 1995 a member of the NGO Committee of Kurdistan.[1] He advocates for a stronger cooperation of the Kurds and the Armenians in their politics regarding the Turkish government.[4] In the Parliamentary Elections of 2017, he was elected to the Armenian Parliament as a member for the Kurdish minority.[1][5] He was re-elected in the Parliamentary Elections of 2021.[6] As the eldest member of the parliament in both 2017 and 2020, he chaired the new parliament until a new president was elected.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]Knyaz Hasanov is married and the father of two children.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "National Assembly of Armenia". Armenian Parliament. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Fifth Evaluation Report on Armenia". Council of Europe. Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. p. 13. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Knyaz Hasanov: Iraqi Kurdistan Leadership Should Sit Down for Dialogue with the Iraqi Authorities". European Integration Non-Governmental Organization. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Sakasyan, Luzia (15 September 2020). "'The Armenian and Kurdish people have a common enemy- the Turkish government'". Aravot.
- ^ "These Four MPs Left the Republican Caucus to Run Under Pashinyan's Banner". www.evnreport.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b "National Assembly of Armenia". Armenian Parliament. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Armenia: Ethnic Minorities Gain a Voice in Parliament". Refworld. Retrieved 11 August 2021.