Education
1987: Law and State Institute of the Science Academy of former Soviet Union
1975 - 1983: Law Department of Yerevan State University

Academic degree
candidate – “The Role of local authority in the sphere of consolidation legality”, 1987, the Institute of Law and State of the Science Academy of former Soviet Union
doctoral – “Formalizing issues of administrative justice in Republic of Armenia”, 2004, State academy administration of the RA]

Work experience
1977-1979: military service in the Soviet Army
1988-1990: Lecturer, Chair of Constitutional and International Law, YSU Law Faculty
1989-1992: Head of the Division of Control over Inter-Ethnic Relations, Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia
1992-1996: Inter-District Public Prosecutor in Hrazdan
1996-1999: Public Prosecutor, Division of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia
2000-2004: Head of State Interests Protection Department, Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia
2004-2007: Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia
2007-2010: Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
2011- present: Advisor of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia
1998: docent, Chair of Constitutional Law, YSU Law Faculty
2008: Professor
2013 – present: Head of the Chair of Constitutional Law, YSU Law Faculty

Professional experience
2000: Participant of the scientific research program on the issues of the state of emergency, Hungary, for 35 days
1998: Participant of the scientific research program on the privatization issues, USA, for 40 days

Academic courses
Administrative Law
Administrative Responsibility
Administrative Proceedings and Procedure

Scale of professional interests
Administrative law
Administrative procedure
Administrative justice
Constitutional law

Languages
Armenian, Russian, France

Professional membership
2011-present: Member of the YSU professional board for awarding scientific degrees
2011 – present: Chairman of the Board of the Centre of Constitutional Law of the RA
2012 – present: Member of the Scientific Council, The RA State Administration Academy
1998 – present: Member of the Armenian Bar Association
2009 – present: Member of Pan-Armenian Conference of Lawyers
Member of editorial boards of scientific editions “Legality”, “Law and Reality”, “State and Law”, “Judicial Power of Karabakh”

Awards received
13 September 2006: Honored lawyer of the RA
13 September 2006: State counselor of 2-nd degree of justice
Awards, honors and medals given by the Government of RA

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