Varvara Sahakyan

Varvara Sahakyan (died 1934) was an Armenian politician. In 1919 she was elected to parliament, becoming one of the first three female MPs in the country.

Varvara Sahakyan
Member of Parliament
In office 1919–1920
Personal details
Died	1934 Beirut, Lebanon

Biography

Sahakyan married Avetik Sahakyan, who became the first Chairman of the Parliament of Armenia.^[1] A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation,^[1] she was a candidate in the June 1919 parliamentary elections, and was one of three women elected alongside Perchuhi Partizpanyan-Barseghyan and Katarine Zalyan-Manukyan.^[2]

After the Bolshevik takeover in 1920, Avetik was imprisoned. Following his release, the couple and their children fled on foot to Tabriz in Persia, before settling in Iraq. However, the climate affected her health, and the family relocated to Beirut.^[3] She became involved in the local Armenian Relief Cross,^[3] but died in 1934.^[1]