Jemma Ananyan

Jemma Gurgenovna Ananyan
Ջեմմա Գուրգենի Անանյան
Statue in Ijevan
Personal details
Born(1931-06-09)9 June 1931
Ijevan, Tavush, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Died2 September 2018(2018-09-02) (aged 87)
Armenia
PartyCommunist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union)
Alma materArmenian State Pedagogical University
AwardsOrder of the Badge of Honour

Jemma Gurgenovna Ananyan (Armenian: Ջեմմա Գուրգենի Անանյան, born 9 June 1931 – 2 September 2018) was an Armenian politician of the Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union).

Biography

Ananyan was born on 9 June 1931 in Ijevan, Tavush, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ArmSSR).[1]

Ananyan worked as a philologist before becoming a party functionary for the ruling Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union).[2]

From 1986 to 1990, Ananyan was the First Secretary of the Idzhevan District Party Committee.[2][3] She was among the first women elected to the national legislature in May 1990.[4]

Ananyan became the Chair of the Standing Committee on Youth Affairs of the ArmSSR Supreme Council and was then Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health Care and Nature Protection.[5] She was Governor of the province of Tavush from 1995 to 1999.[6][7]

Ananyan died on 2 September 2018.[5][8]

References

  1. ^ Current Politics of the Soviet Union. Nova Science Publishers. 1990. p. 271.
  2. ^ a b Soviet Life. Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA. 1986. p. 26.
  3. ^ Arvest (in Armenian). Kulturayi Ministrutʻyun. 1990. p. 52.
  4. ^ Martin, Mart (2000). The almanac of women and minorities in world politics. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8133-6805-4.
  5. ^ a b "RA NA President Ara Babloyan Offers Condolence Message on Jemma Ananyan's Death". National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. 4 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Armenia Local Leaders". Guide2WomenLeaders. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  7. ^ Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia / Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան (in Armenian).
  8. ^ "Скончалась Джемма Ананян". News.am (in Russian). 6 May 2025. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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