Seyran Ohanyan | |
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Defence Minister of Armenia | |
In office 14 April 2008 – 3 October 2016 | |
President | Serzh Sargsyan |
Deputy | David Tonoyan |
Preceded by | Mikael Harutyunyan |
Succeeded by | Vigen Sargsyan |
Defense Minister of Artsakh | |
In office August 1999 – May 2007 | |
President | Leonard Petrosyan Arkadi Ghukasyan |
Preceded by | Samvel Babayan |
Succeeded by | Movses Hakobyan |
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces | |
In office May 2007 – 14 April 2008 | |
President | Robert Kocharyan Serzh Sargsyan |
Preceded by | Mikael Harutyunyan |
Succeeded by | Yuri Khatchaturov |
Personal details | |
Born | Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, USSR (now Shusha, Azerbaijan) | 1 July 1962
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Armenia Alliance |
Awards | see below |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1983–present |
Rank | Colonel General |
Commands | Soviet 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment Armenian 5th Army Corps |
Battles/wars | |
Seyran Musheghi Ohanyan (Armenian: Սեյրան Մուշեղի Օհանյան; born 1 July 1962) is an Armenian military officer and politician currently serving as a deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia. He served as Defence Minister of Armenia from 14 April 2008 until 3 October 2016. A native of Nagorno-Karabakh, he participated in both the first and second Karabakh wars, and from 2000 to 2007 served as defence minister of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh.
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