Arkadi Ghukasyan

Arkadi Ghukasyan
Արկադի Ղուկասյան
2nd President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
In office 8 September 1997 – 7 September 2007
Prime Minister	Leonard Petrosyan Zhirayr Poghosyan Anushavan Danielyan
Preceded by	Leonard Petrosyan (acting)
Succeeded by	Bako Sahakyan
Foreign Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
In office 23 July 1993 – 8 September 1997
President	Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Naira Melkumian
Personal details
Born	(1957-06-22) 22 June 1957 (age 66) Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Yerevan State University

Arkadi Arshaviri Ghukasyan (Armenian: Արկադի Արշավիրի Ղուկասյան; born 22 June 1957) is an Armenian politician who served as the second President of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He was elected as the President on 8 September 1997 and re-elected in 2002, until his term ended on 7 September 2007 and was succeeded by Bako Sahakyan. He was detained by Azerbaijani forces after the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and is currently facing criminal charges in Azerbaijan.