Avedis Guidanian (, ; born 21 November 1966) is the former Minister of Tourism in

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

. He is a member of the ARF political party.

Biography

Early life

Avedis Guidanian was born on 21 November 1966. He had enrolled his secondary education in Armenian Catholic Mesrobian High School. He holds a degree in

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from the

Lebanese University The Lebanese University (LU; ) is the only state-funded public university in Lebanon. It was established in 1951. The university's main campus was originally located in Beirut, but a few satellite campuses were opened due to travel restriction ...

Life As an ARF party member

He is member of

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (, abbr. ARF (ՀՅԴ) or ARF-D), also known as Dashnaktsutyun (Armenians, Armenian: Դաշնակցություն, Literal translation, lit. "Federation"), is an Armenian nationalism, Armenian nationalist a ...

and had various roles in it. He was chosen as the chairman of

Zavarian Student Association Zavarian (, also Romanized as Zavārīān, Zavārīyān, and Zavāryān) is a village in Rahjerd-e Sharqi Rural District, Salafchegan District, Qom County, Qom Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 156, in 53 families. Reference ...

of ARF and represented the party in the group of Lebanese parties as well as in numerous assemblies. He had participated in political parties' international assemblies that were held in

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and

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. In 1998, he was elected as member of ARF Central Committee of Lebanon for the first time. From 2001 till 2005 he was the foreman of ARF Central Committee of Lebanon. Since 2009, he has been the principal of Voice of Van. In 2015, he was elected as the vice-representative of ARF Central Committee of Lebanon.

Personal life

He is married and has two children.Avedis Guidanian's biography on National News Agency of Lebanon
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References

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