Arkadi Ghukasyan | |
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Արկադի Ղուկասյան | |
2nd President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | |
In office 8 September 1997 – 7 September 2007 | |
Prime Minister | 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 | Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | 22 June 1957
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.