# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/souren-papikyan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:50.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/souren-papikyan"
name: "Souren Papikyan"
slug: "souren-papikyan"
description: "Suren Rafiki Papikyan is an Armenian politician serving as the minister of defense of Armenia since 2021. He formerly served as minister of territorial administration and infrastructure and briefly as deputy prime minister. He is also chairman of the board of the ruling Civil Contract Party."
tagline: "Armenian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suren_Papikyan%2C_Armenian_Minister_for_Defence_-_2026_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1986-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.36
  momentum:             25
  historical:           8.886441333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Папикян, Сурен Рафикович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سورين بابيكيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suren_Papikyan"
    title: "Suren Papikyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suren_Papikjan"
    title: "Suren Papikjan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suren_Papikyan"
    title: "Suren Papikyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suren_Papikyan"
    title: "Suren Papikyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سورن پاپیکیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souren_Papikian"
    title: "Souren Papikian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Սուրեն Պապիկյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "სურენ პაპიკიანი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53140569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump