Davit Ishkhanyan

Davit Ishkhanyan
Դավիթ Իշխանյան
Acting President of Artsakh
In office
1[citation needed] September 2023[1] – 10 September 2023
Prime MinisterSamvel Shahramanyan
Preceded byArayik Harutyunyan
Succeeded bySamvel Shahramanyan
President of the National Assembly of Artsakh
In office
7 August 2023 – 3 October 2023
PresidentArayik Harutyunyan
Himself (acting)
Samvel Shahramanyan
Preceded byArthur Tovmasyan
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1968-12-27) 27 December 1968 (age 55)
Ashan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union
Political partyArmenian Revolutionary Federation
Alma materArtsakh University
Military service
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Artsakh Defence Army
Years of service1987–1989
1989–1995

Davit Rubeni Ishkhanyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Ռուբենի Իշխանյան; 27 December 1968) is an Armenian politician. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he was the President of the National Assembly of the breakaway state Republic of Artsakh from August to October 2023. He briefly served as acting President of Artsakh in September 2023.

On 3 October 2023, he and three former presidents of Artsakh, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan and Arayik Harutyunyan, were detained by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan and brought to Baku.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ARFUSA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Bako Sahakyan, Arkady Gukasyan, David Ishkhanyan were detained and brought to Baku". Azeri Press Agency. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Azerbaijan detains Arayik Harutyunyan - so-called former "leader" of separatists in Garabagh". Azeri Press Agency. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.