Laury Haytayan
| Laury Haytayan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 October 1975 Antelias, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Occupation | Oil & Gas expert |
Laury Haytayan is a Lebanese oil & gas expert in the Middle East and North Africa. Since 2011, she has been leading the parliamentary capacity development portfolio at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) in the MENA region, focusing on the legislative and oversight roles of Arab parliamentarians in advancing reforms in the Middle East Oil and Gas sector. For the past decade, Haytayan has been working with different stakeholders such as youth, women, devastated communities and parliamentarians to build "pro-active" societies, and to promote a culture of accountability and transparency, and rule of law in public spheres and institutions. Laury is married to well known Lebanese television personality Zaven Kouyoumdjian and has two children: Marc (2003) and Ara (2007).
Laury was born to Armenian parents Garabed and Mayram Haytayan on October 13, 1975, exactly six months after the start of the Lebanese Civil War. She was born and raised in Antelias, a town on the coast of the Metn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. The bulk of Laury's childhood and teenage years were spent in bomb shelters during the civil war, as she grew up in the Christian enclave east of the capital Beirut. Access to television was scarce and heavily depended on the rationed availability of electricity. As such, Laury used to find solace in listening to political talk shows on the radio, and as a result was heavily influenced by the politicians of the 80's and 90's.
After the end of the civil war in 1990, Laury became infatuated with the concept of peace in Lebanon. This later culminated in shaping her academic and career choices. By the mid-1990s, Laury had nurtured an interest in regional politics and national development. Her bedroom walls were decorated with maps of Lebanon and the Middle East. The signing of the Oslo Accords between 1993 and 1995 were an even further drive to laury's belief in the possibility of peace in the Middle East, but eventually led to even further disappointment.
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