Movses Hakobyan

Movses Hakobyan
Մովսես Հակոբյան
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
In office
3 October 2016 – 24 May 2018
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded byYuri Khachaturov
Succeeded byArtak Davtyan
Deputy Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces
In office
15 June 2015 – 3 October 2016
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded byLevon Mnatsakanyan
Succeeded byHaykaz Bagmanyan
Minister of Defence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
In office
11 May 2007 – 15 June 2015
PresidentArkadi Ghukasyan
Bako Sahakyan
Preceded bySeyran Ohanyan
Succeeded byLevon Mnatsakanyan
Personal details
Born (1965-02-04) 4 February 1965 (age 59)
Chartar, Nagorno Karabakh, Soviet Union
Awardssee below
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union (1982-1992)
 Republic of Artsakh (1992-2015)
 Armenia (2015-present)
Branch/service Soviet Army
Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service1982 - present
RankColonel-General
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Movses Hranti Hakobyan (Armenian: Մովսես Հրանտի Հակոբյան; born 4 February 1965) is a former senior Armenian military official and the former commander of NKR Defense Army and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces.[1] From 19 November 2018 until his resignation on 18 November 2020, Hakobyan served as the Chief Military Inspector of the Armed Forces.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Karabakh Armenian commander reports military buildup". Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Artak Davtyan appointed Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces | Public Radio of Armenia". armradio.am. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference resign was invoked but never defined (see the help page).