Suren Papikyan was born on 26 April 1986, in the town of Stepanavan, now in the Lori Province of Armenia.

[2] Papikyan received his master's degree in history with honors from Yerevan State University in 2012.

Papikyan participated in the 2018 Armenian revolution which brought Nikol Pashinyan to power.

[1] On 11 May 2018, Papikyan was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of Armenia in Nikol Pashinyan's first government.

The day after his appointment, significant clashes occurred on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, resulting in human and territorial losses for the Armenian side.