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Ms Sona GHAZARYAN (Armenia, ALDE)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 26/01/2026
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 29/09/2021 to 25/01/2026
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 27/09/2021 to 28/09/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 28/09/2026 Representative - Armenia
  • from 27/09/2021 to 27/09/2026 Substitute - Armenia

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 28/09/2026)
  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/04/2025)
  • Youth Rapporteur: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 12/12/2024 to 11/04/2025)
  • Youth Rapporteur: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/12/2024)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 24/04/2023 to 11/04/2025)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (since 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 28/01/2026)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (from 21/03/2024 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (from 23/01/2024 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 25/01/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 25/01/2022 to 22/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 27/09/2021 to 27/09/2026)

Interventions

Last speeches

02/10/2026 | 10:18:37 Thank you. Dear President, Dear colleagues, And dear Ms Rian VOGELS, I would like to congratulate you on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe for the report. And I would like to thank also the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities for the work behind this report. The restructuring of our rules of procedures may appear at the first sight to be a technical exercise, but clear rules are an essential part of the credibility and effectiveness of any parliamentary... 30/09/2026 | 11:21:56 Dear President, Dear colleagues, Dear Ms Valentina GRIPPO, Dear Valentina, I would like to congratulate you on this interesting report and important discussion within the Chamber. We do agree, all of us, that the media is not an additional advantage of democracy; it is indeed one of the foundations. Without free and independent media, citizens cannot make informed decisions, and society cannot effectively hold those in power to account. Today we discussed the financial independence of the... 28/09/2026 | 15:43:51 Madam President, Dear colleagues, It's a pleasure to be back at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe with a renewed mandate. Following free and fair elections in Armenia, the political force led by Prime Minister Nikol PASHINYAN received the vast majority of the vote and was entrusted with forming the government. I would argue that those elections were significant in different respects: the scale and nature of foreign interference, alleged vote-buying by the opposition parties... 26/06/2026 | 10:51:35 Honourable Chair, Dear colleagues, I always believe that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is not the appropriate place to answer members of your delegation. But nevertheless, I cannot leave the remarks made by Mr Hayk MAMIJANYAN unanswered. So, recent parliamentary elections in Armenia were conducted in a peaceful, orderly and democratic manner, as confirmed by varied missions. Armenian citizens freely expressed their political will and the majority chose a path of... 21/04/2026 | 10:35:50 Honourable Chair, Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank Ms Elisabetta GARDINI for presenting this timely and necessary report. Violence, intimidation and hate speech directed at politicians are not simply personal attacks. They are attacks on representative institutions, on political pluralism and on a free exchange of ideas that sustains democratic life. When elected representatives are threatened into silence, it's not only politicians who lose their voices; citizens lose...

Activities