Ruben Hayrapetyan

{{Short description|Armenian football official and politician}}

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Ruben Rafiki Hayrapetyan ({{langx|hy|Ռուբեն Ռաֆիկի Հայրապետյան}}, born 9 March 1963 in Yerevan, Armenia),{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?ID=831&sel=details&lang=eng|title=Ruben HAYRAPETYAN|publisher=National Assembly of Armenia|date=|access-date=15 December 2016}} also known by his nickname Nemets Rubo (Rubo The German),{{Cite web|url=http://armtimes.com/hy/article/68666|title=Հլը սրան տարեք ստեղից. Նեմեց Ռուբո|website=Armtimes.com|language=hy|accessdate=28 April 2022}} is an Armenian football official,{{cite web|url=http://asbarez.com/139104/no-charges-to-be-brought-for-beating-of-air-armenia-ceo/|title=No Charges to be Brought for Beating of Air Armenia CEO|publisher=Asbarez|date=25 August 2015|access-date=15 December 2016}} a former member of the Armenian Parliament and a businessman.{{cite web|url=http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/06/17/jox3/1117628|title=Zhoghovurd: Ruben Hayrapetyan starts investing in business projects in Nagorno-Karabakh|publisher=TERT AM, LLC|date=17 June 2014|access-date=15 December 2016}}

Between 2002-2018, Hayrapetyan was the president of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA). He was elected to the Armenian Parliament twice, in 2003 and 2007.{{cite web|url=https://news.am/eng/news/75230.html|title=President of Armenia’s Football Federation abandons politics|publisher=NEWS.am|date=23 September 2011|access-date=15 December 2016}} On 3 July 2012 he was forced to step down from Parliament, after the controversial death of an army doctor at a restaurant owned by him.{{cite web|url=http://armenianweekly.com/2012/07/03/harsnakar-owner-resigns-from-parliament-following-avetyan-murder/|title=Harsnakar Owner Resigns from Parliament Following Avetyan Murder

|publisher=The Armenian Weekly|date=3 July 2012|access-date=15 December 2016}}

In 2014, Hayrapetyan started investing in different business projects. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). He holds a degree in economics from the Armenian State University of Economics.