EDUCATION

1998-2003: Vanadzor State Pedagogical Institute, specializing in History and Law
2004-2006: Mkhitar Gosh Armenian-Russian International University, Bachelor of Law
2011-2012: University of Minnesota, USA, Master’s program in Leadership, Human Rights, and Rule of Law.

TRAINING PROGRAMS

2018: Draper Hills Program, Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law, Stanford University, USA
2014-2015: Political Courses, Yerevan School
2011-2012: Hubert Humphrey Leadership Program, University of Minnesota, USA.

WORK EXPERIENCE

November 2019 – November 2023: Chairman of the Corruption Prevention Commission.
2019: National Democratic Institute, Program Director of the “U.S. Human Rights Protection Without Borders” NGO, Senior Legal Expert
2018-2019: Justice Expert at the Open Society Foundations Armenia
2017-2019: Human Rights Expert at IBF International Consulting, European Union
2013-2019: President of the “Human Rights Protection Without Borders” NGO
2016-2017: Justice Expert, International Public Governance (London), EU
2016: Expert at the OSCE Yerevan Office
2015: National Expert at the Democratic Control of Armed Forces Center (DCAF, Geneva)
2015: National Expert at the Council of Europe and the European Union
2013: Legal Expert at the OSCE Yerevan Office
2004-2011: Coordinator of the Legal Department at the Helsinki Civil Assembly Vanadzor Office.

AWARDS

2019: Universal Human Rights Award, “Access to Justice”
2016: “Golden Key” for the most active and best use of the right to information.

OTHER INFORMATION

2010-2019: Member of the Armenian Bar Association, Lawyer
2014-2017: Member of the Public Council attached to the Ministry of Justice of Armenia
2015-2019: OSCE Civil Society Platform for Civil Tolerance
2016-2018: Media Ethics Observer
2016-2019: Coordinator of the first working group on Democracy, Human Rights, Effective Governance, and Stability at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
2016-2019: Member of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
2018-2019: Local Representative at the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
Fluent in Armenian, English, and Russian.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: September 8, 1981, Vanadzor City
Not married.