NAHAPETYAN Koryun

NAHAPETYAN Koryun

Born on July 23, 1971 in Yerevan.

1994 - Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the YSU (Yerevan State University) with excellent marks, 2002 - Post Graduate of YSU, 2007 - Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University of the USA: - Lawyer.

Participated in a number of training courses in the following topics: "International Trade and Investments" (1996 - Ministry of National Economy of the Hellenic Republic, Piraeus Greece,) “Prosecutor’s Training Program,” (1999 - American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative (ABA - CEELI,) Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, USA, "The European System of Protection of Human Rights" (2000 - Ukrainian Legal Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine,) "Internal Control" (2001 - United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Budapest, Hungary,) "Leadership in the Legal Reform of Prosperous Armenia" (2003 - Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, USA.)

1994 -1998 - Worked as a first-class specialist, afterwards as a leading specialist in the Legal Department of the Staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia. 1999 - 2006 - Research Officer of the Research and Training Center, then as a Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, then Head of the Department of Legal and Structural Reforms. 2006 - 2008 - First Deputy of the Head of the Judicial Department of the Republic of Armenia and the Secretary to the Council of Courts’ Chairmen.

Since 2003 - Lecturer in the Chair of International and European Law in Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University, Since 2011 - Lecturer in the chair of Law in French University in Armenia.

2009 - 2012 - Elected as Deputy of the National Assembly (electoral district # 8.) Member of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly.

He is an author of a number of research papers, co-author of an educational manual.

He was awarded with a Diploma of the Union of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia.

He holds a class rank of counselor of Justice of second-class and a Military rank of Lieutenant.

May 6, 2012 - Elected as Deputy of the National Assembly from electoral district #8.

He is married with two children.