Onik Gasparyan

Onik Gasparyan
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
In office
8 June 2020 – 10 March 2021
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byArtak Davtyan
Succeeded byArtak Davtyan
Personal details
Born (1970-01-06) January 6, 1970 (age 54)
Ijevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union
Armenia Armenia
Branch/service Soviet Army
Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service1988—1990
1993—2021
Rank Colonel-General
UnitGeneral Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
3rd Army Corps
Small units
CommandsChief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
First Deputy Chief of General Staff
Battles/warsFirst 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.