Onik Gasparyan | |
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Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces | |
In office 8 June 2020 – 10 March 2021 | |
President | Armen Sarkissian |
Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
Preceded by | Artak Davtyan |
Succeeded by | Artak Davtyan |
Personal details | |
Born | Ijevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | January 6, 1970
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union Armenia |
Branch/service | Soviet Army Armed Forces of Armenia |
Years of service | 1988—1990 1993—2021 |
Rank | Colonel-General |
Unit | General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces 3rd Army Corps Small units |
Commands | Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces First Deputy Chief of General Staff |
Battles/wars | First Nagorno-Karabakh War 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war |
Onik Viktori Gasparyan (Armenian: Օնիկ Վիկտորի Գասպարյան; born 6 January 1970) is an Armenian Colonel-General who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces from 8 June 2020 until his dismissal on 10 March 2021. Gasparyan was dismissed after calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on 25 February 2021 along with more than 40 other high-ranking Armenian military officers.