Rita Sargsyan
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Rita Sargsyan | |
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| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Armenia | |
| In role 17 April 2018 – 23 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Preceded by | Lilit Karapetyan |
| Succeeded by | Anna Hakobyan |
| In role 4 April 2007 – 9 April 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Serzh Sargsyan |
| First Lady of Armenia | |
| In role 9 April 2008 – 9 April 2018 | |
| President | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Preceded by | Bella Kocharyan |
| Succeeded by | Nouneh Sarkissian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rita Aleksandri Dadayan 6 March 1962 Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Spouse | |
| Profession | Music teacher |
| Website | Official website |
Rita Aleksandri Sargsyan (Armenian: Ռիտա Ալեքսանդրի Սարգսյան, née Dadayan (Դադայան), born 6 March 1962) is the wife of Serzh Sargsyan. She was born to a military family and is a music teacher by specialization.[1]
Biography
Rita Sargsyan sponsors the Donate Life charity foundation, which assists children suffering from blood cancer and other severe diseases, as well as the Autism and Aragil national foundations.
The Donate Life charity foundation was set up in December 2009. Since 2010, Mrs. Rita Sargsyan is the Chairperson of Board of Trustees of the Foundation. As of 2017, the Charity Foundation has assisted 495 children. With efforts of the Foundation and personally the First Lady of Armenia, the Hematology center after prof. R.Yeolyan has been renovated and equipped with advanced technology that made possible the implementation of bone marrow transplantations.
Since 2011, Mrs. R. Sargsyan has been supporting Aragil national foundation, which helps socially vulnerable couples to have children through in-vitro fertilization. As of today, 300 children were born with Foundation’s assistance.
With the efforts of Autism national foundation, set up on April 2, 2012, a school for children suffering from autism has been established. The school is currently attended by 200 children.
The following international competitions are held under the auspices of the First Lady of the Republic of Armenia: Aram Khachaturian international contest of classical music, “Return” international contest-festival, “Renaissance” international festival of classical music, Yerevan international music festival hosted by the RA National Philharmonic Orchestra, “New Names” international junior contest-festival, “Armmono” international theater festival, “Day of Tumanyan Fairy-Tales” international puppet theatres festival and many other cultural events.