Seyran Ohanyan

Seyran Ohanyan
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	(1962-07-01) 1 July 1962 (age 61) Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, USSR (now Shusha, Azerbaijan)
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Armenia Alliance
Awards	see below
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  Armenia
Branch/service	Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Armenian Army
Years of service	1983–present
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	Soviet 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment Armenian 5th Army Corps
Battles/wars	First Nagorno-Karabakh War Four-Day War 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

Seyran Musheghi Ohanyan (Armenian: Սեյրան Մուշեղի Օհանյան; born 1 July 1962) is an Armenian general 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.