Movses Hakobyan

Movses Hakobyan
Մովսես Հակոբյան
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
In office 3 October 2016 – 24 May 2018
President	Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by	Yuri Khachaturov
Succeeded by	Artak Davtyan
Deputy Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces
In office 15 June 2015 – 3 October 2016
President	Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by	Levon Mnatsakanyan
Succeeded by	Haykaz Bagmanyan
Minister of Defence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
In office 11 May 2007 – 15 June 2015
President	Arkadi Ghukasyan Bako Sahakyan
Preceded by	Seyran Ohanyan
Succeeded by	Levon Mnatsakanyan
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-04) 4 February 1965 (age 59) Chartar, Nagorno Karabakh, Soviet Union
Awards	see below
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1982-1992)  Republic of Artsakh (1992-2015)  Armenia (2015-present)
Branch/service	Soviet Army Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service	1982 - present
Rank	Colonel-General
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Movses Hranti Hakobyan (Armenian: Մովսես Հրանտի Հակոբյան; born 4 February 1965) is a former senior Armenian military official and the former commander of NKR Defense Army and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces.^[1] From 19 November 2018 until his resignation on 18 November 2020, Hakobyan served as the Chief Military Inspector of the Armed Forces.^[2][3]