Mkhitar Hayrapetyan
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan | |
|---|---|
Մխիթար Հայրապետյան | |
Hayrapetyan in 2021 | |
| Minister of High-Tech Industry | |
| Assumed office 14 January 2019 | |
| Parliamentary group | district #1 of the My Step Alliance |
| Minister of Diaspora | |
| In office 11 May 2018 – 14 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Preceded by | Hranush Hakobyan |
| Succeeded by | Zareh Sinanyan (as a High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 15, 1990 Yerevan, Armenia |
| Political party | Civil Contract (2015–)My Step Alliance |
| Spouse | Single |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan (Armenian: Մխիթար Հայրապետյան; born May 15, 1990) is an Armenian politician serving as the Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia. He previously held the position of Minister of Diaspora from May 11, 2018, to January 11, 2019.
On December 9, 2018, Hayrapetyan was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Armenia from the territorial electoral list of electoral district #1 under the My Step Alliance. Since January 18, 2019, he has served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth, and Sport. Additionally, he led the Armenian delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
At the age of 27, Hayrapetyan and Austrian politician Sebastian Kurz were among the youngest ministers in Europe at the time of their appointments.