Knyaz Hasanov

Knyaz Hamidi Hasanov (born 17 January 1945) is an Armenian politician and a member of the Armenian Parliament for the Civil Contract Party.

Early life and education Kurdish Armenian Knyaz Hasanov was born on 17 January 1945 in the village Astkhaberd in the province of Kotayk of Armenia. He attended the Marx–Engels–Lenin Institute in Moscow, from which he graduated in political economy in 1968.

Political career Hasanov is a leader of the Kurdish community in Armenia and since 1995 a member of the NGO Committee of Kurdistan. In the Parliamentary Elections of 2017, he was elected to the Armenian Parliament as a member for the Kurdish minority. He was re-elected in the Parliamentary Elections of 2021. As the eldest member of the parliament in both 2017 and 2020, he chaired the new parliament until a new president was elected.

Personal life Knyaz Hasanov is married and the father of two children.