Seyran Ohanyan

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Seyran Ohanyan
Սեյրան Օհանյան
July 1, 1962 - Present

Place of birth Shusha, Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Flag of the Soviet Union USSR
Flag of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Flag of Armenia Armenia
Service/branch Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, Armenian Army
Years of service 1983 - Present
Rank Colonel General
Commands held Soviet 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment, Armenian 5th Army Corps
Battles/wars Nagorno-Karabakh War

Seyran Ohanyan (Armenian: Սեյրան Օհանյան, born July 1, 1962) has been the Defence Minister of Armenia since April 14, 2008.

Ohanyan was born in the town of Shusha, then a part of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. In 1979, he completed high school in the village of Mrgashen, in the region of Nairi in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Ohanyan attended the Baku Higher Joint Command College and completed his studies there in 1983.

He used to be the commander of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense army. Ohanyan is a career officer who served in the Soviet military before joining Nagorno-Karabakh's newly formed army in 1991 and playing a major role in the Nagorno-Karabakh war against Azerbaijan. He was seriously wounded in action in 1992 and had one of his legs amputated as a result of the injury.

In the government of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ohanyan served as Minister of Defense. Subsequently, he was appointed as chief of the general staff of the Armenian Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia in 2007. After Serzh Sargsyan took office as President of Armenia, he appointed Ohanyan as Minister of Defense on April 14, 2008.[1][2]

He is married and has three sons.

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He has been awarded with the medals and decorations of the USSR, Republic of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic: [3]

USSR:

  • 70th Anniversary of USSR Armed Forces
  • For Perfect Service
  • For Excellency

Republic of Nagorno Karabakh:

Republic of Armenia:

Ministry of Defence of Armenia:

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Political offices
Preceded by
Mikael Harutyunyan
Minister of Defence of Armenia
2008 – present
Incumbent