On 1 May 2018, Tsolakyan was the sole member of the Republican Party of Armenia caucus who voted in favour of electing Nikol Pashinyan to the position of Prime Minister.
[1] Tsolakyan was born in the village of Nerkin Dzhrapi, Ani region of Armenian SSR, Soviet Union.
[2] Tsolakyan graduated from the History department of Yerevan State University in 1974.
Tsolakyan began his career at the Ararat Industrial and Technological College upon his graduation in 1974.
In 1980, he joined the State Security Committee, where he served in police services in Goris and Yeghegnadzor.