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Mr Ruben RUBINYAN (Armenia, EPP/CD)

Photo member

Representative
M.P.
Civil Contract

National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
AM - 0095 - Yerevan
Armenia

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 24/06/2019
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 21/01/2019 to 23/06/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 21/01/2019 Representative - Armenia

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 26/01/2026)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 28/06/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 21/01/2019)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 21/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 27/01/2022 to 31/12/2023)
  • Member of the Monitoring Committee of the member States that are party to the conflicts under the terms of reference of the sub-committee: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 30/09/2019 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 24/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (from 24/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Mikayel MELKUMYAN (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 21/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/06/2026 | 17:09:08 Thank you. Since Mr Damien COTTIER mentioned the elections in Armenia, I would like to use this opportunity to talk about them. And first, I would like to thank the election observation mission led by Mr Damien COTTIER himself for the excellent job done. Dear colleagues, these elections in Armenia were distinct and outstanding for a couple of reasons. The first reason was, strangely, a massive and co-ordinated vote-buying scheme implemented by the three main opposition parties. Almost every... 21/04/2026 | 20:08:39 Thank you Mr Sergiy VLASENKO. The debate is now closed. Colleagues, The Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights has presented a draft resolution and recommendation to which no amendments have been tabled. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 16361. A simple majority is required. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The draft resolution is adopted. We will now proceed to vote on the... 26/06/2024 | 19:41:00 Thank you, dear colleagues. First, I want to thank our co-Rapporteurs for the excellent report which showcases the impressive progress that Armenia has made since the Velvet Revolution of 2018. But it has to be mentioned that, ever since the Velvet Revolution happened and after two years of stability and reforms, in Armenia, we have seen one global pandemic, one 44-day bloody war during a global pandemic, numerous attempts of violent change of the government, a coup d'état attempt by the... 12/10/2023 | 18:02:07 Thank you, dear colleagues, I want to first thank the rapporteur for the job he did. It was a challenging job. He did a good job. Regarding the situation: back in 2001 when Azerbaijan became a member of this organisation it undertook an obligation to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully, not to use force. In 2020, it waged war against Nagorno-Karabakh. Our Azerbaijani colleagues confess this openly; that they decided to use force, and they are proud of it. That's a breach of their... 22/06/2023 | 18:25:12 Thank you Mister President, dear colleagues, It's ironic that the rapporteur on ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor wasn't ensured free and safe access to the Lachin Corridor, isn't it? Indeed, this is not a coincidence. For months, the people of Nagorno Karabakh have been under a blockade. For more than a week, they have been under a complete siege, because if before there was still a possibility to send some humanitarian aid, basic food and medical equipment to Nagorno...

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