Defence Minister of Armenia
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The Defence Minister of Armenia, heading the Ministry of Defense is charged with the political leadership of the Armed Forces of Armenia
. The position was established in January 1992 and is currently headed by Seyran Ohanyan
. From 1993-1995 there was a concurrent position of the State Minister for Defense held by Vazgen Sargsyan.
Armed Forces of Armenia
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia comprise two services: the Army, and the Air Force and Air Defense . It was partially formed out of the former Soviet Army forces stationed in the Armenian SSR...
. The position was established in January 1992 and is currently headed by Seyran Ohanyan
Seyran Ohanyan
Seyran Ohanyan is the current Defence Minister of Armenia. He has held this position since April 14, 2008.-Biography:Ohanyan was born in the town of Shusha, then a part of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union...
. From 1993-1995 there was a concurrent position of the State Minister for Defense held by Vazgen Sargsyan.
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | |
| 1 | Drastamat Kanayan Drastamat Kanayan General Drastamat Kanayan , known as General Dro, Դրօ, May 31, 1884 March 8, 1956), was a politician, revolutionary, military commander of Hitler’s Armenian Legion of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany, and part of Armenian national liberation movement as a member of the A.R.F... |
30 May 1918 | 28 May 1919 | Armenian Revolutionary Federation Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian... |
| 2 | Rouben Ter Minassian | 28 May 1919 | October 1920 | Armenian Revolutionary Federation Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian... |
| Position Abolished | ||||
| 3 | Vazgen Sargsyan | January, 1992 | August, 1992 | Pan-Armenian National Movement Pan-Armenian National Movement The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian Allnational Movement is a political party representing Armenian national movement in Armenia Presently without parliamentary representation.It was founded by Levon Ter-Petrossian in 1989 and became the ruling party when it swept the 1990 elections... |
| 4 | Vazgen Manukyan Vazgen Manukyan Vazgen Manukyan was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993 Manukyan was acting Minister of Defense.... |
August 1992 | August 1993 | National Democratic Union |
| 5 | Serzh Sargsyan | August 1993 | May 1995 | (none) |
| 6 | Vazgen Sargsyan | May, 1995 | June, 1999 | Republican Party of Armenia Republican Party of Armenia The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded and registered . It is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have 140,000 members... |
| 7 | Vagharshak Harutiunyan Vagharshak Harutiunyan Vagharshak Harutiunyan was the Defence Minister of Armenia from June 1999 until May 2000.-References:... |
June 1999 | May 2000 | (none) |
| 8 | Serzh Sargsyan | May 2000 | 26 March 2007 | Republican Party of Armenia Republican Party of Armenia The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded and registered . It is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have 140,000 members... |
| 9 | Mikael Harutyunyan Mikael Harutyunyan Mikael Harutyunyan was the 7th Defence Minister of Armenia from April 4, 2007 until April 14, 2008. As of April 14, 2008 he has been serving as Chief Military Inspector and Presidential Advisor to the President of Armenia.-Early life:... |
4 April 2007 | 14 April 2008 | |
| 10 | Seyran Ohanyan Seyran Ohanyan Seyran Ohanyan is the current Defence Minister of Armenia. He has held this position since April 14, 2008.-Biography:Ohanyan was born in the town of Shusha, then a part of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union... |
14 April 2008 | Present | |