Vagharshak Harutiunyan
Vagharshak Harutiunyan | |
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Վաղարշակ Հարությունյան | |
Harutiunyan in 2022 | |
| Ambassador of Armenia to Russia | |
| In office 5 January 2022 – 14 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Vardan Toghanyan |
| Succeeded by | Gurgen Arsenyan |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 20 November 2020 – 3 August 2021 | |
| President | Armen Sarkissian |
| Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Preceded by | David Tonoyan |
| Succeeded by | Arshak Karapetyan |
| In office 11 June 1999 – 20 May 2000 | |
| President | Robert Kocharyan |
| Preceded by | Vazgen Sargsyan |
| Succeeded by | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| President | Levon Ter-Petrosyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1956 |
| Party | Hanrapetutyun Party |
| Alma mater | Soviet Union General Staff Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Armenia |
| Branch/service | Soviet Armed Forces Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Years of service | 1974–2002 2019–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War |
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Vagharshak Varnazi Harutiunyan (Armenian: Վաղարշակ Վառնազի Հարությունյան; born 28 April 1956) is an Armenian military figure and politician. He previously served as the Defence Minister of Armenia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2020 to 2021, and also as an Ambassador of Armenia to Russia from 2022 to 2024.