Artak Zeynalyan was born on 9 September 1969 in Yerevan. He served in the Soviet Army from 1987 to 1989. He fought in the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War as a member of the Nikol Duman Volunteer Unit. He was wounded in 1992 and lost a leg as a result. He is a founding member of the
Yerkrapah Volunteer Union. In 1996 he graduated from the Medical Faculty of the
Mkhitar Heratsi Yerevan State Medical University. In 1999 he completed his residency at the National Institute of Health. He holds the degree of surgeon and organizer of healthcare. In 2002, he graduated from the Academy of Management of the Republic of Armenia, earning the title of State Employee. He is a specialist in state management and local self-government. In 2006, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Gladzor Management University. From 1986 to 1998, he worked at the Mikayelyan Institute of Surgery as a
UAP, nurse and later as a doctor. From 1998 to 2001, he served as the deputy minister of health of Armenia. From 2000 to 2001, he headed a joint program called “Medico-Demographic Research” between the ministry of health and the American organization MAKRO International Inc. In 2000, he headed two Committees for Humanitarian Aid adjunct to the
Government of Armenia: the Republican Committee on Health and the Republican Committee for the reassessment of medical supplies received by humanitarian means. Since 2001, he has been a member of the human rights NGO's "Tanik" (Roof) and the Public Council for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Human Rights NGO "Lawyers Against Torture." In 2001, he founded the
Hanrapetutyun ("Republic") Party together with
Aram Sargsyan. He is a member of the party's political council and chief of staff of its central office. In 2010 he was Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Justice of the Scientific and Analytical Center of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia. That year he also taught at the School of Advocacy and the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia. Since 2011, he is chairman and founder of the Human Rights NGO "Rule of Law." From 2015 to 2017, he was an expert for the program "Implementation of an Effective Mechanism of Legal Protection in Road and Transport Relations and Improving the Legal Framework" and a member of the group "Justice." In 2016, he was coordinator of the program "Protection of the Rights of Citizens of Artsakh and Armenia as a Result of Military Intervention by the Republic of Azerbaijan." On 2 April 2017, he was elected to the
National Assembly from the national electoral list of the
Way Out Alliance of parties. On 12 May 2018, he was appointed Minister of Justice of Armenia. He resigned on 7 June 2019. Zeynalyan is a member of the
United Platform of Democratic Forces. == Mayor of Yerevan candidate ==