2021 Armenian political crisis
| 2021 Armenian coup d'état attempt | ||||||||
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| Part of 2020–2021 Armenian protests | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces |
Self-declared non-involvement: PresidentNational Security Service Police Prosecutor General's Office Bright Armenia |
Pashinyan government Political support: | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Onik Gasparyan (Chief of the General Staff) Serzh Sargsyan (alleged by Pashinyan) |
Armen Sargsyan (President) Armen Abazyan (Director of the NSS) Vahe Ghazaryan (Chief of Police) Artur Davtyan (Prosecutor General) |
Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister) Vagharshak Harutiunyan (Defense Minister) | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
| March 1: 5,000—40,000 (claimed) | N/A | March 1: 20,000—60,000 (claimed) | ||||||
The 2021 Armenian political crisis was an alleged military coup attempt by the Armed Forces of Armenia led by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan against the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Pashinyan accused Gasparyan and 40 other high-ranking military officers of attempting a coup after they published a statement calling for Pashinyan's resignation on 25 February 2021.