Ministry of Defence (Artsakh)

The Ministry of Defence of Artsakh (Armenia: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության նախարարություն) is a government agency of the partially recognized Republic of Artsakh. It is the executive body in implementing defense policies of the Artsakh Defense Army. It is Artsakh's ministry of defence. The current Minister of Defense is Lieutenant General Mikael Arzumanyan.

Ministry of Defence of Artsakh
Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության նախարարություն
Formation1995
Typemilitary agency
HeadquartersStepanakert
Location
Official language
Armenian
Minister of Defense
Lieutenant General Mikael Arzumanyan
Website

List of Ministers
No. Picture Minister of DefenseTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
1
Babayan, SamvelLieutenant General
Samvel Babayan
(born 1965)		January 1995August 19994 years, 7 months[1]
2
Ohanyan, SeyranColonel General
Seyran Ohanyan
(born 1962)		August 199911 May 20077 years, 9 months[2]
3
Hakobyan, MovsesLieutenant general
Movses Hakobyan
(born 1965)		11 May 200715 June 20158 years, 1 month[3]
4
Mnatsakanyan, LevonLieutenant general
Levon Mnatsakanyan
(born 1965)		15 June 201514 December 20183 years, 5 months[4]
5
Abrahamyan, KarenLieutenant general
Karen Abrahamyan
(born 1966)		14 December 201824 February 20201 year, 2 months[5]
6
Harutyunyan, JalalLieutenant General
Jalal Harutyunyan
(born 1974)		24 February 202027 October 2020247 days[6]
7
Arzumanyan, MikaelLieutenant General
Mikael Arzumanyan		27 October 2020Incumbent102 days*[7]

* Incumbent's time in office last updated: 6 February 2021.

See also

References
  1. National Assembly Artsakh, curriculum vitae
  2. "Armenian history".
  3. "Ministry of Defense Armenia, curriculum vitae". Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "Lyova Mnatsakanyan Minister of Defence of NKR In office since 15.06.2015".
  5. https://www.mediamax.am/en/news/karabakh/31596/
  6. https://en.armradio.am/2020/02/24/jalal-harutyunyan-appointed-artsakhs-defense-minister/
  7. https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/287079/Mikayel_Arzumanyan_appointed_as_Commander_of_Karabakh_Army
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