Tiran Khachatryan
Armenian lieutenant general (born 1977)
Tiran Khachatryan
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Native name |
Տիրան Վազգենի Խաչատրյան
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Birth name | Tiran Vazgeni Khachatryan |
Born |
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1977-07-20
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July 20, 1977
(age
46)
Proshyan , Armenian SSR , Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Armenian Armed Forces |
Years of service | 1987–present |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | National Hero of Armenia |
Tiran Vazgeni Khachatryan ( Armenian : Տիրան Վազգենի Խաչատրյան ; born 1977) is an Armenian lieutenant general who formerly served as the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia . [1] During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war , Khachatryan was conferred with the title of National Hero of Armenia . [2]
Life and career
Tiran Vazgenovich Khachatryan was born on 20 July 1977 in the Armenian SSR , part of the then Soviet Union .
In 1987, he joined the Proshyan Volunteer Detachment to take part in operations along the border villages of the Noyemberyan District in Armenia. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War , from 1990 to 1991, he was a military signalman in the Armenian Armed Forces and provided communications with the border regions of the country, the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Yerevan . From 1991 to 1994, he fought in the ARF's Shushi Battalion.
On 4 September 2013, by the decree of the President of Armenia , he was appointed head of the Combat Training Department of the Armenian Armed Forces with the conclusion of a five-year contract. [3]
On 15 June 2020, by the decree of the President of Armenia, he was appointed the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces . [4] On February 24, 2021, Khachatryan was relieved of the post of First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. [1] Khachatryan's dismissal on the order of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was the stated reason for a declaration by more than 40 of Armenia's top military officers (including Khachatryan) calling for Pashinyan's resignation; Pashinyan condemned the declaration as a coup attempt . [5]
References
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ռ/կ, Ազատություն (24 February 2021).
"Տիրան Խաչատրյանն ազատվել է ՀՀ ԶՈՒ գլխավոր շտաբի պետի առաջին տեղակալի պաշտոնից"
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Tiran Khachatryan has been dismissed from the post of first deputy Chief of Staff of the RA Armed Forces
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«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան
(in Armenian)
. Retrieved
2021-02-24
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Tiran Khachatryan – National Hero of the Republic of Armenia" . Public Radio of Armenia . 22 October 2020 . Retrieved 25 October 2020 .
- ↑ "Tiran Khachatryan assigned head of combat training department" . Armenpress . 4 September 2013 . Retrieved 25 October 2020 .
- ↑ "Tiran Khachatryan appointed first deputy chief of General Staff of Armed Forces" . Armenpress . 15 June 2020 . Retrieved 25 October 2020 .
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ռ/կ, Ազատություն (25 February 2021).
"Armenian Military Demands Government's Resignation"
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«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» Ռադիոկայան
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2021-02-26
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