He was a member of parliament and the head of the Armenian National Congress's parliamentary faction from 2012 to 2017.

Levon Zourabyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia to a family of prominent intellectuals.

In 1998 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.

Following the return of Levon Ter-Petrossian to active politics in 2007, 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 2008.

After the formation of the Armenian National Congress in 2008 he became Coordinator of its Central Office.