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.
Arkadi Arshaviri Ghukasyan (Armenian: Արկադի Արշավիրի Ղուկասյան; born 22 June 1957) is an Armenian politician who served as the second President of the...
ArkadiGhukasyan (born 1957), second president of the Republic of Artsakh Siranush Ghukasyan (born 1998), Armenian chess master Hovhannes Ghukasyan (1822–1882)...
was re-elected indirectly for a three-year term. Sahakyan replaced ArkadiGhukasyan, who had held the presidential post for two five-year terms. Sahakyan...
On 3 October 2023, he and two other former presidents of Artsakh, ArkadiGhukasyan and Bako Sahakyan, together with former president of the National Assembly...
2023. On 3 October 2023, he and three former presidents of Artsakh, ArkadiGhukasyan, Bako Sahakyan and Arayik Harutyunyan, were detained by the State Security...
arrest and imprisonment in 2000 on charges of attempting to assassinate ArkadiGhukasyan, President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Babayan was released from...
Ter-Petroysan and Serzh Sargsyan as well as ex-presidents of Nagorno-Karabakh ArkadiGhukasyan and Bako Sahakyan to discuss the situation. In October 2020, Kocharyan...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
September 1997, at the same time keeping his Prime Minister position, when ArkadiGhukasyan was elected as third president by popular vote. Petrosyan then moved...
November 2006, the then-president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, ArkadiGhukasyan, signed a decree to hold a referendum on a draft Nagorno-Karabakh constitution...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan ArkadiGhukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Samvel Shahramanyan Azerbaijan Ayaz...
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