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Levon Zourabian

Levon Zourabian

Incumbent

Assumed office
April 13,
Born () March 9, (age&#;60)
Yerevan, Armenia
SpouseShogher Matevosyan

Levon Arami Zourabian (Armenian: Լևոն Արամի Զուրաբյան) (born March 9, ) is an Armenian politician and vice-chairman of the Armenian National Congress political party.

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He was a member of parliament and the head of the Armenian National Congress's parliamentary faction from to

Early life and career

Levon Zourabyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia to a family of prominent intellectuals. He is the son of professor Aram Zourabian and screenwriter Agnesa Sevunts, and the grandson of writer Garegin Sevunts and poet Shoghik Safyan.

In he graduated from the theoretical physics department of Yerevan State University. In – he worked at Yerevan Physics Institute as a researcher. He conducted research and published articles on quantum field theory, supersymmetry and supergravitation, and superstring field theory. He became actively involved in the Karabakh movement in In he was appointed an aide to the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian, and in he was appointed the head of the president’s press office.

Zourabian resigned in following the resignation of Ter-Petrossian.

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In Zourabian was awarded an Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship which allowed him to enroll at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He graduated from Columbia with a master's degree in International Relations. After his return to Armenia he worked as Team Leader for IBM Business Consulting/PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Armenia office in – From to he worked as an analyst in the International Crisis Group.

In that capacity he contributed to reports on the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabagh and South Ossetia, as well as the report on the conditions of Armenian and Azerbaijani minorities in Georgia.

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Armenian National Congress

Following the return of Levon Ter-Petrossian to active politics in , Zourabian resigned from the International Crisis Group and continued his career as a public figure supporting Ter-Petrossian’s candidacy during the presidential elections of After the formation of the Armenian National Congress in he became Coordinator of its Central Office.

During the Armenian parliamentary election, Zourabian was elected to the National Assembly of Armenia as a majoritarian candidate for the 9th electoral district. He led the Armenian National Congress's faction in parliament.

Personal life

Levon Zourabian is married to Shogher Matevosyan, who is the editor in chief of Chorrord Ishkhanutyun weekly and the daughter of writer Hrant Matevosyan.

They have two children.

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