Edmon Marukyan
Edmon Marukyan | |
|---|---|
| Էդմոն Մարուքյան | |
 Marukyan in December 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 13, 1981 Kirovakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Vanadzor, Armenia) |
| Political party | unaffiliated |
| Residence(s) | Yerevan, Vanadzor |
| 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.) |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Website | edmonmarukyan |
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.[1]
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.[2]
Marukyan graduated from the Institute of Commerce and Law in Moscow 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 International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights of Warsaw. In 2007 he left the Academy of Public Administration of the Republic of Armenia with a Master of Law degree. Three years later, in 2010 Marukyan received an LL.M. and was a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow studying Human Rights and International Law at the University of Minnesota Law School.[3][4]
Along with legal education, Marukyan participated in numerous specialized training courses in Armenia, Poland, Hungary, the US, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Germany, and Russia.[3]
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.[2] From 2007 to 2008 he lectured Philosophy and Political Science at the Vanadzor State Pedagogical Institute. 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.[3]
2012 election
| Edmon Marukyan | non-partisan | 11,689 | 34.2% |
| Viktor Dallakyan | Republican | 9,271 | 27.1% |
| Zohrab Torosyan | ARF | 5,272 | 15.4% |
| Ashot Manukyan | ANC | 3,501 | 10.3% |
| Garnik Sahakyan | Heritage | 2,394 | 7.1% |
| 34,166 | 100% | ||
| 60,859 | 56.1% | ||
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.[7]
Armenian media widely responded to his election, calling him the "Bright Spot",[8] "Kinder Surprise" of the May 6th election.[9]
On May 8, 2012, just two days after the election Marukyan announced that he will not join any fraction.[10]
Personal life
Marukyan is married and has two sons. He is fluent in Armenian, English and Russian.[2]
References
- ^ Naira Buldagharyan; Narine Ghalechyan (18 May 2012). "Մարուքյանին որեւէ ուժ չի սատարել (No party has supported Marukyan)" (in Armenian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|title= - ^ a b c "Կենսագրական (Biography)" (in Armenian). Official Website of Edmon Marukyan.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|title=|url=(help) - ^ a b c "Edmon Marukyan". Official Website of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ LL.M. and Humphrey Fellow Alumnus Edmon Marukyan Wins Armenian National Assembly Election, University of Minnesota Law School, Fall 2012, Accessed March 18, 2013.
- ^ "TEC 30". Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Independent Marukyan beats Dallakyan in election district 30". Hetq Online. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Simonyan, Syuzan (12 May 2012). "Մաքուր մարդիկ ՀՀԿ-ին պետք չեն (The Republican Party does not need clean people)" (in Armenian). hraparak.am.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|title= - ^ "The Bright Spot of Election". lragir.am. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Վանաձորցի Էդմոն Մարուքյանը հավակնում է դառնալ ԱԺ ընտրությունների "քինդեր սյուրպրիզը" (Edmom Marukyan of Vanadzor is likely to be the "Kinder Surprise" of the election)". tert.am. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Balasanyan, Grisha (8 May 2012). "Նորընտիր պատգամավոր Էդմոն Մարուքյանը բացառում է կուսակցական դառնալը (Newly elected deputy excludes the possibility of joining any party)" (in Armenian). Hetq Online. Retrieved 3 November 2012.