Movses Hakobyan

Movses Hakobyan
Մովսես Հակոբյան
Hakobyan in 2017
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
In office
3 October 2016  24 May 2018
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded byYuri Khachaturov
Succeeded byArtak Davtyan
Deputy Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces
In office
15 June 2015  3 October 2016
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded byLevon Mnatsakanyan
Succeeded byHaykaz Bagmanyan
Minister of Defence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
In office
11 May 2007  15 June 2015
PresidentArkadi Ghukasyan
Bako Sahakyan
Preceded bySeyran Ohanyan
Succeeded byLevon Mnatsakanyan
Personal details
Born (1965-02-04) 4 February 1965
Chartar, Nagorno Karabakh, Soviet Union
Awardssee below
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union (1982–1992)
 Republic of Artsakh (1992–2015)
 Armenia (2015–present)
Branch/service Soviet Army
Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service1982 – present
RankColonel-General
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Movses Hranti Hakobyan (Armenian: Մովսես Հրանտի Հակոբյան; born 4 February 1965) is a former senior Armenian military official and the former commander of NKR Defense Army and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces. From 19 November 2018 until his resignation on 18 November 2020, Hakobyan served as the Chief Military Inspector of the Armed Forces.