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).
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.
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 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 CouncilHambardzoum Galstyan.
In January 1993, by presidential decree, he was appointed the head of the Armenian Presidential Supervisory Service.
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.[1] 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.[2] In summer, he joined the newly formed
Armenian National Congress.
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.[3]
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.