Public Television Service
He was born on August 13, 1953 in Yerevan. In 1974 he graduated from the Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University and became the director of the house of culture in Nairi that same year. He joined the Soviet Army in 1975 and served for one year before leaving in 1976. From 1970 to 1993, Shahsuvaryan worked in the Public Television Service of the Armenian SSR. In 1993, he became the head of the culture department, then the head of information and press department of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia. In 1997, he became the deputy head of the Nork TV studio (NTV). In 1998, he was appointed head of Nork TV. In 1999, he became deputy head of information and censorship department under the Armenian government and in 2000 he became the head of the TV studio Prometei.