Family Born on September 14, 1957, in
Yerevan,
Armenian SSR. Father Ruben Rubinyan (1923-1999), mother Mariam Karapetyan (1924-2012). Children, 2 boys: Levon (1982) and
Ruben (1990).
Education He attended basic school no. 38 named after
Vissarion Belinsky in
Yerevan,
Armenian SSR. He received higher education at
State Engineering University of Armenia which joined in 1974 and graduated as an
electrical engineer in 1979.
Career • 1979-1991: He worked at “Hayhastoc” scientific manufacturing complex as an engineer, at “VNIIStandardelectro” institute's
Armenian branch as a senior engineer, at “Transistor” scientific manufacturing complex as a senior engineer, first- rank engineer- constructor, a sector manager, then as head of an Information and Computing Center. • As of 1988, he became an active contributor in the “
Karabakh movement” and afterwards in the ”
Pan-Armenian National Movement”, “
HHSh”. • From 1989–1990, as a member of “Transistor”’s volunteer squad, he participated in the defense operations of
Blutan village of
Hadrout area, in
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. • From 1991-1999, he was uninterruptedly elected a member of the executive committee of the
Pan-Armenian National Movement. • In 1990, he was elected a deputy of the
Supreme Council of Armenia and worked at the Standing Committee on Local Self-Government. • In January 1991, he was elected the head of the Local Council of
Shengavit district of
Yerevan. • In June 1992, he was appointed deputy head of the Executive Committee of
Yerevan City Council, but in December he resigned from the post. The decision was related to the resignation of the head of the Executive Committee of
Yerevan City Council Hambardzum Galstyan. • In January 1993, by presidential decree, he was appointed the head of the Armenian Presidential Supervisory Service. • In 1995, he was elected a member of the
National Assembly of
Armenia. • In July 1995, he was elected the
Vice-President of the National Assembly of
Armenia. • In June 1997, in the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (OBSEC), being the head of
Armenian parliamentary delegation, he was elected the vice-president of the
OBSEC. • In February 1998, he resigned from his post as the
vice-chairman of the National Assembly, and was integrated in the
Armenian National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs. In the same period, he stopped his membership in the
Pan-Armenian National Movement executive committee, as a consequence to having disputes with
Pan-Armenian National Movement executive committee chairman
Levon Ter-Petrosyan over principles and for disagreeing on the adopted course. On December 22, he was elected head of
Pan-Armenian National Movement council of
Shengavit district. • On January 16, 1999, with a group of supporters, he founded “EuroWay”
NGO and was elected the board director of that organization. In May, with a group of supporters, he founded “Armat”, The Center for Democracy and Civil society. • In 2006, with a group of supporters, he established the Civil Disobedience Movement. • In 2007, he actively participated in the presidential campaign of
Levon Ter-Petrosyan as deputy chief of
Shengavit district pre-electorate precinct. • In 2008, he participated in
the nationwide protests which followed the rigged presidential election in
Armenia. After
the massacre of the peaceful demonstrators on March 1, he was arrested on March 3, on false accusations of plotting to seize power. He was kept in custody for 71 days at “Yerevan-Center” jail (
KGB). In May, with a group of supporters, he established the Committee for defense of political prisoners and politically harassed. In summer, he joined the newly formed
Armenian National Congress. • In 2009, in
Yerevan City Council elections, without being a candidate, he actively participated in the electoral campaign of the
Armenian National Congress as deputy chief of
Shengavit precinct. • In July 2010, after the
Pan-Armenian National Movement’s congress, in an open letter addressed to the party’s members, he announced that he quit the
Pan-Armenian National Movement party (
HHSh). • In January 2011, he initiated “The Online Liberals’ Alliance”, “3Ա”. On April 15, he informed the
Armenian National Congress that he stopped his membership to it. • Since September 2011, he corresponds to "eJournal.am", an electronic journal. • In March 2012, in the
Armenian National Assembly’s elections, he was invited by the liberal political party
Heritage (Armenia) and the Free Democrats parties to join the
Heritage (Armenia)’s proportional list, which included members from the two mentioned parties and representatives from the public sector. He also joined the electoral precinct team of the
Heritage (Armenia) as a political consultant. ==References==