Vagharshak Harutiunyan

Vagharshak Harutiunyan (Armenian: Վաղարշակ Հարությունյան; born 28 April 1956) was the Defence Minister of Armenia from 11 June 1999 until 20 May 2000.

Vagharshak Harutiunyan
Harutinunyan at the Armenian Independence Day military parade on 1999.
Defence Minister of Armenia
In office
11 June 1999 – 20 May 2000
PresidentRobert Kocharyan
Preceded byVazgen Sargsyan
Succeeded bySerzh Sargsyan
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
1991–1992
PresidentLevon Ter-Petrosyan
Personal details
Born (1956-04-28) 28 April 1956
Akhalkalaki, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyHanrapetutyun Party
Alma materSoviet Union General Staff Academy
Military service
Branch/service Soviet Army
Armed Forces of Armenia
RankLieutenant general
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
Nagorno-Karabakh War

Biography

Harutiunyan was born in Akhalkalaki, Georgian SSR (now Georgia), a region with a large Armenian population. He graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1978. From 1978 to 1989, he fought in the Soviet–Afghan War. Harutiunyan than graduatated from the Naval Academy of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union in 1991.

He switched allegiance to Armenia prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. Harutiunyan was named Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee of Armenia in 1991, in the middle of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. In 1992, he became the Deputy Chief of Staff of the High Command of the Armed Forces of the CIS. Harutiunyan was chosen as the representative of the Armenian Armed Forces at the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1994.

In 1999, Harutiunyan returned to Armenia replace Vazgen Sargsyan as Defence Minister of Armenia on 11 June 1999 after Sargsyan was elected Prime Minister.[1] Harutiunyan joined Sargsyan and Head of the Government Staff Shahen Karamanukyan in the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) heads of government in Yalta, Ukraine on 7 October 1999.[2] He left the Defense Minister post on 20 May 2000.

On 23 July 2002, Harutiunyan joined the opposition Hanrapetutyun Party, led by Aram Sargsyan, the brother of Vazgen Sarggsyan.

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References
  1. "President Prime Minister Introduce New Ministers". Asbarez. 17 June 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. "Prime Minister Leaves for Yalta to Attend CIS Summit". Asbarez. 7 October 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2013.


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