By the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Roza Babayan has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.
"Guided by part 6.1 of Article 5 and part 1 of Article 9 of the Law on Public Service, Roza Babayan is appointed as the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs," the decision states.
Here is the biography of Roza Babayan:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
02/2026 - Present
Advisor to the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the RA (legal consulting)
02/2020 - 12/2025
Director of the Armenian office of the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Strategic and operational management of the office, cooperation with international partners and donors
04/2017 - 02/2020
UNAIDS, Human Rights and Legal Issues Consultant
Implementation of programs aimed at the protection of human rights
06/2008 - 06/2017
UNAIDS, Human Rights and Legal Issues Consultant
Implementation of programs aimed at the protection of human rights
09/2013 - 02/2020
Head of the Department of Health Law and Bioethics at the National Institute of Health named after Academician S. Avdalbekyan.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE AND CONSULTING
2008-2022
Expert at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on human capital development in the health sector
Expert of the Council of Europe (CoE), local and international expert on reforms in criminal justice health care, implementation of the probation system
Legal expert of WHO, development of sectoral laws and strategies
Legal expert of UNICEF, programs for the realization of children's rights, development of flour fortification policy
Legal expert of UNFPA, reproductive health, implementation of the Institute of Mediators
Legal expert of OSF, development of the educational component of health law, implementation of palliative care in the RA
World Vision Armenia, program on reforms in maternal and child health, training
EDUCATION
12/2022 - Present
PhD student, Constitutional Law
Dissertation topic: "Constitutional and legal regulation of patients' rights in the RA"
09/2025 - 07/2026
Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi, Executive MBA, Institutional Management
03/2023 - 09/2023
UN Staff College, Leading for Transformational Change Course
08/2021 - 08/2022
University of Toronto, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Executive Course in Global Health Diplomacy
09/2001 - 06/2005
Law Faculty of Moscow Legal Institute, Lawyer's diploma
09/1996 - 05/2001
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Sanitary Expertise of the Armenian Agricultural Academy, Sanitary Expert
LANGUAGES Armenian (native)
English (excellent)
Russian (excellent)
