Maria Karapetyan (born 20 February 1988) is an Armenian politician and a member of the National Assembly of Armenia for the Civil Contract. She has worked as a teacher at the Quality Schools International in Yerevan and was elected to parliament in 2018. She is a feminist and known for her support of the Armenian LGBT community.^[1]

Maria Karapetyan was born on 20 February 1988 in Vanadzor, Soviet Armenia. She studied Intercultural Communication at the Yerevan Brusov State University from where she earned a bachelor's degree in 2008 and a master's degree in 2010.^[2] She then moved to Rome, Italy, where she studied International Cooperation, Human Rights and Policy of the European Union at the University of Rome between 2013 and 2015.^[1][2] At the same time, she was also accepted as a student of the Cittadella della Pace in Rondine, Arrezzo.^[3]

After she obtained her BA, she worked as a teacher at the Quality Schools International in Yerevan from 2008 until 2013.^[2] Between 2011 and 2018 she took part in the editorial board for the Journal of Conflict Transformation's Caucasus Edition.^[4]

Karapetyan's political activism began with her opposition to Serge Sargsyan. At night, together with a group of political activists she sprayed the slogan Reject Serzh on prominent streets in Yerevan in support of the Armenian Revolution of 2018.^[1][5] She became known for her so-called Sisters speech^[1] in which she advocated for equal rights for women and men on the Republic Square in Yerevan.^[6][1] In the parliamentary election of December 2018, she was elected as a candidate of the Civil Contract within the My Step Alliance.^[2]