He is the current mayor of Gyumri and a former Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Armenia.
[citation needed] 1999-2003 was his first term as a deputy in the National Assembly (electoral district # 63) where he served first on the NA Standing Committee on Social, Health Care and Environmental Protection Affairs and later on the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Relations.
He was first a member of the Stability Deputy Group and later People's Agricultural and Industrial Union.
He was a member of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit, Budgetary and Economic Affairs.
[citation needed] On September 9, 2012, having more than 60% of the votes, he was elected as the mayor of the second largest city in Armenia - Gyumri.