24 Facts About Edmon Marukyan

Edmon Hrachiki Marukyan is an Armenian lawyer and politician, chairman of Bright Armenia party and Member of the Council of Reforms of the Constitution of Armenia since 2022.

Edmon Marukyan was a member of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2012 to 2021.

Edmon Marukyan was elected to parliament for the first time as an independent in May 2012.

Edmon Marukyan founded the Bright Armenia Party in 2015 and has served as its chairman since.

Edmon Marukyan was elected to parliament again in the 2018 parliamentary elections, leading Bright Armenia's electoral list.

Edmon Marukyan was appointed ambassador-at-large by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in March 2022.

Edmon Marukyan was born on January 13,1981, in Kirovakan, Armenian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union.

Edmon Marukyan worked as legal advisor, defending citizens in courts, conducted strategic litigations taking cases up to the European Court of Human Rights.

Edmon Marukyan graduated from the Moscow Institute of Commerce and Law in 2002 with a Bachelor of Law degree.

From 2010 to 2012, Edmon Marukyan worked as a consultant at Human Rights Watch, conducting research on human rights issues and drafting statements, letters and reports.

Since 2001, Edmon Marukyan has been actively involved in human rights activism in Armenia.

Edmon Marukyan has been the head of several non-government human rights organizations.

Since 2008 Edmon Marukyan has been a member of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia.

Edmon Marukyan is the author of a number of articles and reports on human rights in Armenia.

In 2008, Edmon Marukyan became the chairman of the Center for Strategic Litigations Human Rights NGO.

Edmon Marukyan has provided legal consultation to a number of projects, defended citizens in court hearings, and conducted litigations for cases in the European Court of Human Rights.

Edmon Marukyan defeated Republican Viktor Dallakyan, who was previously an independent candidate and became a member of the ruling party just months prior to the election.

On May 8,2012, just two days after the election Edmon Marukyan announced that he will not join any parliamentary faction.

On December 12,2015, Edmon Marukyan established Bright Armenia with likeminded professionals who have had successful career development achievements in their respective fields and had interest in entering politics and contributing to the democratic development of Armenia.

Bright Armenia, led by Edmon Marukyan, came in the third, taking 18 seats out of 132 in the new Parliament.

Edmon Marukyan was leading the Bright Armenia parliamentary faction in the National Assembly until June 2021.

Edmon Marukyan has been member to the Parliamentary Standing Committees on: - Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs; Foreign Relations; State and Legal Affairs, - State and Legal Affairs and Protection of Human Rights, - Foreign Relations.

On March 14,2022, by the decision of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Edmon Marukyan was appointed ambassador-at-large of the Republic of Armenia.

Edmon Marukyan's elder brother Krist Marukyan is a member of Bright Armenia and has represented the party in local elections in Vanadzor.