12 Facts About Suren Papikyan

Suren Rafiki Papikyan is an Armenian politician currently serving as the Minister of Defense of Armenia.

Suren Papikyan formerly served as minister of territorial administration and infrastructure and briefly as deputy prime minister.

Suren Papikyan is chairman of the board of the ruling Civil Contract Party.

Suren Papikyan was born on 26 April 1986, in the town of Stepanavan, now in the Lori Province of Armenia.

Suren Papikyan graduated from Stepanavan College No 1 and was accepted to the Faculty of History of Yerevan State University in 2003.

Suren Papikyan received his master's degree in history with honors from Yerevan State University in 2012.

Suren Papikyan is a founding member of the Civil Contract Party.

Suren Papikyan was elected deputy chairman of the party board in 2016 and chairman of the board in 2019.

Suren Papikyan participated in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary elections as a candidate for the Way Out Alliance.

Suren Papikyan participated in the 2018 Armenian revolution which brought Nikol Pashinyan to power.

On 11 May 2018, Suren Papikyan was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of Armenia in Nikol Pashinyan's first government.

Suren Papikyan was reappointed minister of territorial administration and infrastructure on 1 June 2019.