Member (Judge) of the CC 2014-2024
Was born in the city of Stepanavan on 6 January 1966.
ACADEMIC DEGREE, TITLE
PhD in Law Sciences, Docent
EDUCATION
In 1991 Graduated with honors from the Department of Law at Moscow State University after M.V. Lomonosov (Russian Federation, Moscow)
In 1995 Completed postgraduate studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation, Moscow). PhD thesis topic - The Category of Property Rights in the Theory of Law
In 2004 Awarded a qualification in “Economics and Business” at the Regional Institute of Information Technologies at the World Trade Organization (Egypt, Cairo)
In 2007 Awarded a qualification in “European Integration - Constitutional and Legislative Reforms” at the Secretariat of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe (Italy, Trieste)
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1999-2005
Served as the Senior Specialist at the Department of Legislative Issues, Deputy Head of Department of Legislative Issues, Head of Division of Economic Legislation at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
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2005-2007
Served as the Head of the State Legal Department at the Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia
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2007-2014
Served as the Head of the Legal Department at the Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia
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9 June 2014
Upon the Decision of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia he was appointed as the Member of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia
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Since 2000
Lecturer at the Law Faculty of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
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Since 2000
Head of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure at the Faculty of Law of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
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2002
Awarded with the First Rank Legal Adviser
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29 December 2011
Upon the Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia awarded with the First Rank Legal Adviser of the Civil Service
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Պարգևներ
28 December 2013 – Upon the Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia awarded with “Mkhitar Gosh” Medal.
OTHER INFORMATION
In the time period of 1984 -1986 Justice Tunyan served in the Soviet Army.
He has authored scientific articles on the Theory of Law, Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and Land Law.
Araik Tunyan is married and has son and daughter.
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