Georgi Petrosian

For the kickboxer, see Giorgio Petrosyan.
Georgi Petrosian
Գեորգի Պետրոսյան
Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
In office
2007–2011
PresidentBako Sahakyan
Preceded byArman Melikyan
Succeeded byVasily Atajanyan (acting)
Karen Mirzoyan
Acting Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
In office
15 April 1992 – 14 June 1993
Prime MinisterRobert Kocharyan
Preceded byArtur Mkrtchian
Succeeded byKaren Baburian
Personal details
Born (1953-01-10) 10 January 1953 (age 71)
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyArmenian Revolutionary Federation

Georgi Mikayeli Petrosian (Armenian: Գեորգի Միքայելի Պետրոսյան) (born 10 January 1953) is an Armenian politician who previously worked in the Republic of Artsakh.[1] He is a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).

From 1988 to 1990 Petrosyan was a participant in the Karabakh movement to unite Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. After the ARF won the 1991 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election, Petrosian was elected vice president of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from January to April 1992, and took over as acting president upon the death of Artur Mkrtchian in April 1992.[2][3] In June 1993, Petrosian resigned as acting president due to his opposition to a peace plan between Armenia and Azerbaijan (which was not implemented).[4] He was replaced by Karen Baburian.[5] His resignation was partly responsible for the weakened influence of the ARF as a political party in Artsakh.[6]

Petrosyan also served as Foreign Minister of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 2007 to 2011.[7]

  1. ^ "Nagorno-Karabakh tensions fester: Armenians and Azerbaijanis continue to stake claim over territory amid uneasy standoff". Al Jazeera. 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  2. ^ "Nagorno-Karabagh". University of Michigan-Dearborn. 2013. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20. On January 24, 1992, Karabagh's Parliament elected Georgi Petrosian to the office of Vice President.
  3. ^ "Electioral history of Karabakh". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
  4. ^ Waal, Thomas de (2003). Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War. New York: NYU Press. pp. 213. ISBN 978-0-8147-2085-1.
  5. ^ Karatnycky, Adrian (2018). Freedom in the World: 1996-1997: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-29082-1.
  6. ^ Kasbarian, Antranig (2016-02-09). "The Artsakh Struggle and the ARF". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  7. ^ Englund, Will (July 8, 2011). "Nagorno-Karabakh wants a seat at the table". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 17, 2020.