11 Facts About Anna Hakobyan

Anna Vachiki Hakobyan is an Armenian journalist and the wife of the current Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.

Anna Hakobyan is the editor-in-chief of the Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper.

Unofficially, Hakobyan is regarded as the "First Lady of Armenia", a position that is reserved for the spouses of the President of Armenia.

Anna Hakobyan was born on February 1,1978, in the Armenian SSR.

Anna Hakobyan is currently the editor-in-chief of the largest newspaper in Armenia, Haykakan Zhamanak.

Anna Hakobyan played an active role in the 2018 Armenian revolution, which were a series of anti-government peaceful mass protests in response to the past president's third consecutive term.

Anna Hakobyan became the official spouse of the prime minister on May 8,2018, following her husband's election as prime minister.

Just after the election, Anna Hakobyan initiated a meeting with the charitable organisations involved in pediatric cancer and specialists.

Currently, a charitable foundation, of which Anna Hakobyan is the Honorary President, is in the formation process to support the development of pediatric oncology and hematology in Armenia.

On 7 September 2023, Anna Hakobyan personally handed over 1,000+ smartphones, tablets and laptops for primary schoolchildren at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Anna Hakobyan founded the Erato Detachment, which is the first all-women military unit in the Armenian Armed Forces.