Born March 1, 1960 in the village of Zangakatoun in the Ararat region.

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 joint venture.

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

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

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

1999 - 2015 - ARF Representative of the SB (Supreme Body) of Armenia.

Since 2015 - Political representative of the ARF Bureau.

Since 2019 - Chairman of the ARF bureau.

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

2003 - 2007 - Deputy 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.

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.

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 faction “Armenian Revolutionary Federation.”

2017 - 2019 - Member of the National Assembly (ARF). Member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly. Head of the faction “Armenian Revolutionary Federation.”

June 20, 2021 - Elected Member of the National Assembly from the national electoral list of the “Armenia” alliance of parties.

Since 2015 - Political representative of the ARF Bureau.

2006 - Awarded with Medal of Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

2016 - Awarded the “Mkhitar Gosh” Medal.

With two children.