Paula Yacoubian
Paula Yacoubian بولا يعقوبيان | |
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Yacoubian in 2020 | |
| Member of the Lebanese Parliament | |
| Assumed office May 21, 2022 | |
| Constituency | Beirut I (2022) |
| In office May 7, 2018 – August 8, 2020 | |
| Constituency | Beirut I (2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paulette Siragan Yaghobian 4 April 1976 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Children | 1 |
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Paulette Siragan Yaghobian (Arabic: بوليت سيراكان ياغوبيان; Armenian: Փոլէթ Սիրական Եագուպեան; born 4 April 1976) is a Lebanese journalist, television host and politician. She worked as a host in a number of Lebanese and pan-Arab international television stations. Known for the transformational impact she's had in her organizations and the broader community, Paula became one of the experts chosen by the World Bank group as a member of their 'External Advisory Panel for Diversity and Inclusion' as a result of her advocacy for women's rights, her efforts for women empowerment, as well as for being a fierce defender of electoral women quota and a fairer electoral law in Lebanon.
In 2018, she announced her candidacy for the 2018 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections, running for the Armenian Orthodox seat in the Beirut I constituency. She was officially announced as a winner following the elections which took place on Sunday 6 May 2018. On 8 August 2020, she resigned and called for a new government after the 2020 Beirut explosion.