Education
Born in Vanadzor, Manukian graduated from the Hovhannes Tumanyan State Pedagogical University with a degree in physics.
Born in Vanadzor, Manukian graduated from the Hovhannes Tumanyan State Pedagogical University with a degree in physics.
Between 1978 and 1983 he worked as a teacher at a secondary school in Yeghegnut. Between 1983 and 1993 he was a engineer at the Avtomatika Scientific-Production Association of Vanadzor. He was elected to the Supreme Council in May 1990 parliamentary election from the Pan-Armenian National Movement and served as the deputy chairman of the Committee on Science, Language and Culture.
He returned to the Armenian parliament in 2012 when he was elected by the party-list of Armenian National Congress.
He was reelected in 1995 and remained a member of the parliament until 1999.