Tiran Khachatryan

Tiran Vazgenovich Khachatryan (Armenian: Տիրան Վազգենի Խաչատրյան; born 1977), is a military officer in the Armed Forces of Armenia. Holding the rank of lieutenant general, he is presently the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Khachatryan was conferred with the title of National Hero of Armenia in 2020.[1]

Tiran Khachatryan
Native name
Տիրան Վազգենի Խաչատրյան
Birth nameTiran Vazgenovich Khachatryan
Born (1977-07-20) July 20, 1977
Proshyan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceArmenian Armed Forces
Years of service1987–
RankLieutenant general
Battles/wars
AwardsNational Hero of Armenia

Life and career

Tiran Vazgenovich Khachatryan was born on 20 July 1977 in the Armenian SSR, part of the then Soviet Union.

In 1987, he joined the Proshyan Volunteer Detachment to take part in operations along the border villages of the Noyemberyan District in Armenia. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, from 1990 to 1991, he was a military signalman in the Armenian Armed Forces and provided communications with the border regions of the country, the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Yerevan. From 1991 to 1994, he fought in the ARF's Shushi Battalion.

On 4 September 2013, by the decree of the President of Armenia, he was appointed head of the Combat Training Department of the Armenian Armed Forces with the conclusion of a five-year contract.[2]

On 15 June 2020, by the decree of the President of Armenia, he was appointed the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces.[3]

References
  1. "Tiran Khachatryan – National Hero of the Republic of Armenia". Public Radio of Armenia. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. "Tiran Khachatryan assigned head of combat training department". Armenpress. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. "Tiran Khachatryan appointed first deputy chief of General Staff of Armed Forces". Armenpress. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.


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