Born - January 10, 1953, in Stepanakert

Secondary education in Stepanakert School No8

1971-1973 - Served in the Soviet Army

1977 - Graduated from Minsk Radio Engineering Institute

1978-1980 - Engineer in Minsk

1981-1990 -  Worked in Stepanakert branch of the Ryazan condenser plant in different positions

Since 1988 – One of the active participants of the Artsakh liberation struggle

1990 to 1995 - Deputy to the Supreme Council of Armenia, member of the Standing Committee on Human Rights

1992 - Elected to Nagorno Karabakh Supreme Soviet of the first convocation, and later - Acting Chairman

1997-1999 - Headed Artsakh center for the studies of "Hay Dat"

2001-2005 – Advisor to the NKR President on Foreign Policy Issues

December 26, 2005 - Appointed the NKR Minister of Foreign Affairs by the order of the President. In 2007 he was reassigned to the post

2011 to 2015 - Consultant to the NKR President

May 3, 2015 - Elected deputy to the NKR NA of the 6th convocation by the proportional list of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun"

Deputy Chair of the NKR NA Standing Committee on Defense, Security and Law Enforcement

Member of the ARF party “Dashnaktsutyun"

Married, with two children

Awarded the Order of "Grigor Lousavorich" (01.09.2001).