Born on October 26, 1954 in the city of Stepanakert

1962-1972 - Studied at Stepanakert secondary school No 3

December, 1972 - Appointed methodologist of the Station of young technicians of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous District

1974-1976 - Served in the Soviet army

May 1976 - Senior Legal Adviser, Supply Department of Agricultural Construction of the Armenian SSR

July 1976 - October 1977 - Senior legal advisor to the Trust

October 1977 - July 1978 - Legal consultant of Stepanakert wine factory

July 1978 - February, 1987 - Chief Inspector of the Council of Trade Unions of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO)

1983 - Graduated from the correspondence department of the Law faculty of Yerevan State University

February, 1987 - Joined the prosecutor's office of NKAO, then the NKR

1987-1989 - Investigator of the district prosecutor's office of Martuni and Askeran

February 1989 - Served as a senior investigator of the regional prosecutor's office, prosecutor of the investigation department and other positions

June 8, 1992 - Appointed prosecutor of the investigation department of the NKR Prosecutor's Office

May 1993 - Appointed Head of the legal department of the Supreme Council of the NKR

1994-1997 - Head of the NKR State Department of Justice

January 1998 - Appointed prosecutor of the Askeran region

July 1998 - May 2000 - Criminologist-prosecutor of the General Prosecutor's Office

June 18, 2000 - Elected deputy of the NKR National Assembly of the 3rd convocation from the Stepanakert constituency No 5, Chairman of the Standing Committee on state and legal issues

June 19, 2005 - Elected deputy of the NKR National Assembly of the 4th convocation within the proportional list and Chairman of the Standing Committee on state and legal issues

2008-2014 - Human rights defender of the NKR

May 5, 2016 - Appointed advisor to the NKR President

Married, has two children.