Nationality Armenian Name Edmon Marukyan Website edmonmarukyan.com | Occupation lawyer Political party unaffiliated Role Lawyer | |
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Born January 13, 1981 (age 43)
Kirovakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union ( 1981-01-13 ) Alma mater Institute of Commerce and Law, Moscow (LL.B.)
State Public Administration Academy of Armenia (LL.M.)
University of Minnesota Law School (LL.M.) Education University of Minnesota Law School Residence Yerevan, Armenia, Vanadzor, Armenia Profiles | ||
Edmon Marukyan (Armenian: Էդմոն Մարուքյան), is an Armenian lawyer, who was elected member of the National Assembly in May 2012 from the 30th electoral district, which includes the third largest city of Armenia, Vanadzor, and two nearby villages of Gugark and Shahumyan in Lori Province. He was reelected to the National Assembly in April 2017, through the proportional list of the Way Out Alliance.
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Early years and education
Edmon Marukyan was born on January 13, 1981 in Kirovakan, Armenia, then part of the Soviet Union. He attended School #6 of his home town Vanadzor, then served in the Armenian Army.
Marukyan graduated from the Moscow Institute of Commerce and Law in 2002 with a Bachelor of Law degree. In 2006 he received qualification of a Specialist for the Protection of Human Rights and Interests in the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Warsaw. In 2007 he has graduated from the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia with a Master of Law degree. Three years later, in 2010, Marukyan received an LL.M. studying Human Rights and International Law at the University of Minnesota Law School as a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow.
Along with legal education, Marukyan participated in numerous specialized advocacy and Human Rights training courses in Armenia, Poland, Hungary, the US, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Germany, and Russia.
Career
Since 2001, Marukyan is actively involved in human rights activism in Armenia. He has been the head of several non-government human rights organizations. From 2007 to 2008 he lectured Philosophy and Political Science at the Vanadzor State University. Since 2008 Marukyan is a member of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia. He is also author of articles and reports on human rights in Armenia. Since 2001, he has specialized in the protection of human rights and has been considerably involved in the strengthening of democracy and civil society in Armenia. In 2008 Marukyan became the chairman of the “Center for Strategic Litigations” Human Rights NGO. In 2005, as a human rights NGO representative, he became an observer at the Public Monitoring Group, observing the rights of persons taken into custody at criminal-executive institutions within Armenia. He has provided legal consultation to a number of projects, defended citizens in court hearings, conducted strategic litigations taking cases up to the European Court of Human Rights.
2012 election
The 2012 parliamentary election was held on May 6. The official campaign started a month earlier, during which Marukyan said he walked from neighborhood to neighborhood. He defeated Republican Viktor Dallakyan, which was an independent candidate for past 4 elections and became a member of the ruling party just months prior to the election.
Armenian media widely responded to his election, calling him the "Bright Spot", "Kinder Surprise" of the May 6th election.
On May 8, 2012, just two days after the election Marukyan announced that he will not join any fraction.
2017 election
The 2017 parliamentary election was held on April 2. Marukyan participated in these elections leading the proportional list of the Way Out Alliance, which won 9 seats out of 105 in National Assembly in the 2017 parliamentary election, becoming the 3rd political power out of 4 entering the RA National Assembly.
Personal life
Marukyan is married and has two sons. He is fluent in Armenian, English and Russian.