Born on March 1, 1960 in the village of Zangakatoun in the Ararat region (now Ararat province).

1983 - 1984 - Served in the Soviet Army.

1983 - Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics and Sciences of the P. Loumoumba Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow. Physicist.

1984 - 1991 - Scientific associate at YSU.

1991 - 1993 - Chief specialist in an Armenian - French JE.

1993 - 1994 - Scientific associate in Orsay Institute of Theoretical and Applied Optics.

1990 - 1995 - Deputy of Yerenan City and Miasnikyan regional councils.

1995 - 1998 - Arrested for political causes (with accusations not confirmed later).

1999 - 2003 - Member of the National Assembly (proportional electoral system, ARF), Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly. Member of the ARF faction. Member of the ARF party.

2003 - 2007 - Member of the National Assembly (proportional electoral system, ARF). Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly. Member of the ARF faction. Member of the ARF. ARF Armenia SB (Supreme Body) Representative.

2007 - 2012 - Member of the National Assembly (proportional electoral system, ARF).

Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly. Member of the ARF faction. ARF Armenia SB Representative.

2012 - 2017 - Member of the National Assembly (proportional electoral system, ARF). Member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly. Member of the Standing Committee on European Integration of the National Assembly. Head of the “Armenian Revolutionary Federation” faction.

2015 - Political member of the ARF Bureau.

April 2, 2017 - Elected Member of the National Assembly from the RPA national electoral list.

2006 - Awarded the RA Prime Minister’s Commemorative Medal.

2016 - Awarded the “Mkhitar Gosh” Medal.

Divorced, with two children.