Date, year, place of birth: 5 May 1958, Yerevan Education: 1975-1983: Law Department, Yerevan State University 1977-1979: military service in the Soviet Army corps deployed in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic 1987: post-graduate study, Institute of State and Law, Academy of Sciences of the former USSR; Ph.D. thesis defended in the same year Work experience: 1988-1992: Lecturer, Law Department, Yerevan State University 1989-1992: Division of Control over Adherence to the Law in Inter-Ethnic Relationship, Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia 1992-1996: Inter-District Public Prosecutor in Hrazdan 1999-2004: Head of Department, Department of Protection of State Interests, Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia 2004-2007: Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia 2007 - present: Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
Other information: Doctor, Professor of Jurisprudence. Author of 19 monographs and about 50 scientific articles. In 2006 was conferred the honorary title of “Honoured Lawyer of the Republic of Armenia”. Awarded with a number of governmental medals and letters of appreciation. Party affiliation: Republican Party of Armenia Personal details Married, with two children.
Date, year, place of birth: 5 May 1958, Yerevan 
