Ruben Rubinyan (Armenian: Ռուբեն Ռուբինյան; born 8 March 1990) is an Armenian politician, who has been serving as the president of the National Assembly of Armenia since 3 August 2026. Previously, Rubinyan served as the vice president of the National Assembly during the 2021–2026 term, as well as the head of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Relations. He was appointed a special envoy for normalization of Armenia–Turkey relations in December 2021, meeting his Turkish counterpart Serdar Kılıç on January 14, 2022.
Early life and education After graduating from Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University in 2010, he did a Master's degree at University College London (UCL) in Politics and Security in 2011 and Master's degree in European Studies at Jagiellonian University in Poland in 2012. From 2012-2014, he served in the Armed Forces of Armenia.
Personal life Ruben Rubinyan is the son of Karapet Rubinyan, the former Vice-President of the National Assembly of Armenia (1995-1998) and former member of the Pan-Armenian National Movement party executive committee (1991-1998).
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