Seyran Ohanyan

Seyran Ohanyan
Ohanyan in 2012
Minister of Defence of Armenia
In office
14 April 2008 – 3 October 2016
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
DeputyDavid Tonoyan
Preceded byMikael Harutyunyan
Succeeded byVigen Sargsyan
Minister of Defence of Artsakh
In office
August 1999 – May 2007
PresidentLeonard Petrosyan
Arkadi Ghukasyan
Preceded bySamvel Babayan
Succeeded byMovses Hakobyan
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
In office
May 2007 – 14 April 2008
PresidentRobert Kocharyan
Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded byMikael Harutyunyan
Succeeded byYuri Khatchaturov
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 August 2021
Parliamentary groupArmenia Alliance
ConstituencyDistrict 078
Personal details
Born (1962-07-01) 1 July 1962
Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, USSR (now Shusha, Azerbaijan)
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Armenia Alliance
Awardssee below
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Artsakh
 Armenia
Branch/service Soviet Army
Artsakh Defense Army
 Armenian Ground Forces
Years of service1983–2008
RankColonel General
CommandsSoviet 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment
Armenian 5th Army Corps
Battles/wars

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

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