Jirair Sefilian | |
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Native name | Ժիրայր Սէֆիլեան |
Born | Beirut, Lebanon | 10 July 1967
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Service/ | Armed Forces of Armenia |
Years of service | 1983–1998 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Commands | Shushi Military Company NKR Defense Army Brigade |
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Jirair Simoni Sefilian (Armenian: Ժիրայր Սիմոնի Սէֆիլեան (classical), Ժիրայր Սիմոնի Սեֆիլյան (reformed); born July 10, 1967) is a Lebanese-born Armenian military commander and political activist. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, he commanded the Shushi special military battalion, playing a significant role during the Battle of Shusha. From 1997 to 1998 Sefilian was a Brigade Commander in the Artsakh Defence Army.[2]
He has long campaigned against any territorial concessions to Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh and against Russian influence in Armenia. Sefilian is one of the key figures of the Sasna Tsrer Pan-Armenian Party and the National Democratic Pole.