Seyran Ohanyan

Seyran Ohanyan
Seyran Ohanyan
Սեյրան Օհանյան
	Ohanyan in 2012
Minister of Defence of Armenia
	In office; 14 April 2008 – 3 October 2016
President	Serzh Sargsyan
Deputy	David Tonoyan
Preceded by	Mikael Harutyunyan
Succeeded by	Vigen Sargsyan
Minister of Defence of Artsakh
	In office; August 1999 – May 2007
President	Leonard Petrosyan; Arkadi Ghukasyan
Preceded by	Samvel Babayan
Succeeded by	Movses Hakobyan
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
	In office; May 2007 – 14 April 2008
President	Robert Kocharyan; Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by	Mikael Harutyunyan
Succeeded by	Yuri Khatchaturov
Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 August 2021
Parliamentary group	Armenia Alliance
Constituency	District 078
Personal details
Born	1 July 1962; Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, USSR (now Shusha, Azerbaijan)
Party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Armenia Alliance
Awards	see below
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Artsakh; Armenia
Branch/service	Soviet Army; Artsakh Defense Army; Armenian Ground Forces
Years of service	1983–2008
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	Soviet 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment; Armenian 5th Army Corps
Battles/wars	First Nagorno-Karabakh War; Four-Day War; Second Nagorno-Karabakh War;

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Seyran Musheghi Ohanyan (Armenian: Սեյրան Մուշեղի Օհանյան; born 1 July 1962) is an Armenian military officer and politician currently serving as a deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia. He served as Defence Minister of Armenia from 14 April 2008 until 3 October 2016. A native of Nagorno-Karabakh, he participated in both the first and second Karabakh wars, and from 2000 to 2007 served as defence minister of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh.