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href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sargsjan" title="Serž Sargsjan – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Serž Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سيرج سركسيان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سيرج سركسيان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AA_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Սերժ Սարգիսեան – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Սերժ Սարգիսեան" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsi%C3%A1n" title="Serzh Sargsián – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Serzh Sargsián" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Sarkisyan" title="Serj Sarkisyan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Serj Sarkisyan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Серж Саргсян – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Серж Саргсян" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Сэрж Саргсян – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сэрж Саргсян" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Серж Саркисян – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Серж Саркисян" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Sargsian" title="Serj Sargsian – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Serj Sargsian" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sarkisjan" title="Serž Sarkisjan – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Serž Sarkisjan" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sersj_Sargsjan" title="Sersj Sargsjan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sersj Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sersch_Sargsjan" title="Sersch Sargsjan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sersch Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sargsjan" title="Serž Sargsjan – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Serž Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B6_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Σερζ Σαρκισιάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σερζ Σαρκισιάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsi%C3%A1n" title="Serzh Sargsián – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Serzh Sargsián" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C4%B5_Sargsjan" title="Serĵ Sargsjan – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Serĵ Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsian" title="Serzh Sargsian – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Serzh Sargsian" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%DA%98_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سرژ سارگسیان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سرژ سارگسیان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Sarkissian" title="Serge Sarkissian – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Serge Sarkissian" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B8%EB%A5%B4%EC%A7%80_%EC%82%AC%EB%A5%B4%ED%82%A4%EC%83%A8" title="세르지 사르키샨 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="세르지 사르키샨" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AA_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%BD%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Սերժ Սարգսյան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սերժ Սարգսյան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sargsjan" title="Serž Sargsjan – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Serž Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sargsjan" title="Serž Sargsjan – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Serž Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D1%84%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%82" title="Саргсян, Серж Азаты фырт – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Саргсян, Серж Азаты фырт" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sargsyan" title="Serž Sargsyan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Serž Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%96%27_%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F" title="סרז' סרקיסיאן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סרז' סרקיסיאן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9F_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="სერჟ სარქისიანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სერჟ სარქისიანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Серж Азатович Саргсян – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Серж Азатович Саргсян" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergius_Sargsjan" title="Sergius Sargsjan – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sergius Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BEs_Sargsjans" title="Seržs Sargsjans – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Seržs Sargsjans" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sersch_Sargsjan" title="Sersch Sargsjan – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Sersch Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BEas_Sargsianas" title="Seržas Sargsianas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Seržas Sargsianas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szerzs_Szargszj%C3%A1n" title="Szerzs Szargszján – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szerzs Szargszján" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9D_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="सेर्झ सर्गस्यान – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सेर्झ सर्गस्यान" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9F_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="სერჟ სარქისიანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="სერჟ სარქისიანი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سيرج سركسيان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سيرج سركسيان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzj_Sarkisjan" title="Serzj Sarkisjan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Serzj Sarkisjan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3" title="セルジ・サルキシャン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="セルジ・サルキシャン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzj_Sargsian" title="Serzj Sargsian – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Serzj Sargsian" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsian" title="Serzh Sargsian – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Serzh Sargsian" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Sargsyan" title="Serj Sargsyan – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Serj Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Azati_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sersch_Sarkissjan" title="Sersch Sarkissjan – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Sersch Sarkissjan" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BC_Sarkisjan" title="Serż Sarkisjan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Serż Sarkisjan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Sargsyan" title="Serj Sargsyan – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Serj Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Sargsyan" title="Serj Sargsyan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Serj Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Саргсян, Серж Азатович – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Саргсян, Серж Азатович" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Azati_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Azati_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sarkisjan" title="Serž Sarkisjan – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Serž Sarkisjan" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8E%D8%B1%DA%98_%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سێرژ سەرگسیان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سێرژ سەرگسیان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Серж Саргсјан – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Серж Саргсјан" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sargsjan" title="Serž Sargsjan – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Serž Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ser%C5%BE_Sargsjan" title="Serž Sargsjan – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Serž Sargsjan" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzj_Sargsian" title="Serzj Sargsian – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Serzj Sargsian" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Серж Саргсян – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Серж Саргсян" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Azati_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Serzh Azati Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%8C_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99" title="แซร์ฌ ซาร์กซียัน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แซร์ฌ ซาร์กซียัน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Серж Саргсян – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Серж Саргсян" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Sarkisyan" title="Serj Sarkisyan – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Serj Sarkisyan" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Саргсян Серж Азатович – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Саргсян Серж Азатович" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargs%C3%A4n_Ser%C5%BE" title="Sargsän Serž – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Sargsän Serž" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%A2%E5%B0%94%E6%97%A5%C2%B7%E8%90%A8%E5%B0%94%E5%9F%BA%E7%9B%B8" title="谢尔日·萨尔基相 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="谢尔日·萨尔基相" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Serzh Sargsyan" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a 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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2013</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">3rd <a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">President of Armenia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 April 2008 – 9 April 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan" title="Tigran Sargsyan">Tigran Sargsyan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hovik_Abrahamyan" title="Hovik Abrahamyan">Hovik Abrahamyan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Karen_Karapetyan" title="Karen Karapetyan">Karen Karapetyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armen_Sarkissian" title="Armen Sarkissian">Armen Sarkissian</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th and 15th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 April 2018 – 23 April 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armen_Sarkissian" title="Armen Sarkissian">Armen Sarkissian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Karapetyan" title="Karen Karapetyan">Karen Karapetyan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Karapetyan" title="Karen Karapetyan">Karen Karapetyan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 April 2007 – 9 April 2008<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting: 25 March 2007 – 4 April 2007</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andranik_Margaryan" title="Andranik Margaryan">Andranik Margaryan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan" title="Tigran Sargsyan">Tigran Sargsyan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Armenia)" title="Minister of Defence (Armenia)">Minister of Defence</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />20 May 2000 – 26 March 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andranik_Margaryan" title="Andranik Margaryan">Andranik Margaryan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vagharshak_Harutiunyan" title="Vagharshak Harutiunyan">Vagharshak Harutiunyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mikael_Harutyunyan" title="Mikael Harutyunyan">Mikael Harutyunyan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 August 1993 – 17 May 1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hrant_Bagratyan" title="Hrant Bagratyan">Hrant Bagratyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Manukyan" title="Vazgen 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armen_Sarkissian" title="Armen Sarkissian">Armen Sarkissian</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Armen_Darbinyan" title="Armen Darbinyan">Armen Darbinyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vano_Siradeghyan" title="Vano Siradeghyan">Vano Siradeghyan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Suren Abrahamyan</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Serzhik Azati Sargsyan</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1954-06-30</span>) </span>30 June 1954<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 70)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Stepanakert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast">Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Armenia_(Soviet_Union)" title="Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union)">Communist Party</a> (?–1988)<br /><a href="/wiki/Pan-Armenian_National_Movement" title="Pan-Armenian National Movement">Pan-Armenian National Movement</a> (1989–?)<br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Armenia" title="Republican Party of Armenia">Republican Party</a> (2006–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Rita_Sargsyan" title="Rita Sargsyan">Rita Sargsyan</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1983; died 2020)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Dzoraghbyur" title="Dzoraghbyur">Dzoraghbyur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yerevan_State_University" title="Yerevan State University">Yerevan State University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Serzh_Sargsyan_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Serzh Sargsyan's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Serzh_Sargsyan_signature.png/128px-Serzh_Sargsyan_signature.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Serzh_Sargsyan_signature.png/192px-Serzh_Sargsyan_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Serzh_Sargsyan_signature.png/256px-Serzh_Sargsyan_signature.png 2x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="77" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.serzhsargsyan.com/en">www<wbr />.serzhsargsyan<wbr />.com<wbr />/en</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Nagorno-Karabakh Republic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Defense_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army">Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1972–1974<br />1989–1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Serzh Azati Sargsyan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hy-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Armenian" title="Help:IPA/Armenian">[sɛɾʒ<span class="wrap"> </span>sɑɾkʰəsˈjɑn]</a></span>; born 30 June 1954)<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenian</a> politician who served as the third <a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">President of Armenia</a> from 2008 to 2018, and twice as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a> from 2007 to 2008 and again from 17 to 23 April 2018, when he was forced to resign in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Armenian_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Armenian revolution">2018 Armenian revolution</a>. </p><p>He won the <a href="/wiki/2008_Armenian_presidential_election" title="2008 Armenian presidential election">February 2008 presidential election</a> with the backing of the ruling <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Armenia" title="Republican Party of Armenia">Republican Party of Armenia</a>, a party in which he serves as chairman,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and took office in April 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Sworn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sworn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 February 2013, he was <a href="/wiki/2013_Armenian_presidential_election" title="2013 Armenian presidential election">re-elected</a> as president and served the entire term. </p><p>Despite pledging in 2014 not to become prime minister again while supporting an <a href="/wiki/2015_Armenian_constitutional_referendum" title="2015 Armenian constitutional referendum">amendment of the constitution in 2015</a> that would allow it, Sargsyan was again elected prime minister in April 2018, in what opposition figures described as a "power grab".<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six days after taking office, Sargsyan resigned after <a href="/wiki/2018_Armenian_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Armenian protests">large-scale protests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sargsyan is currently the leader of the Republican Party, which was the ruling party of Armenia from 1999 to 2018 and is currently represented in parliament as a part of the opposition <a href="/wiki/I_Have_Honor_Alliance" title="I Have Honor Alliance">I Have Honor Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2></div> <p>Serzh Sargsyan (born Serzhik Azati Sargysan)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born on 30 June 1954 in <a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Stepanakert</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast">Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast</a>. He is the son of Azat Avetisi Sargsyan (1929–2013) and Nora Sargsyan․<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father's family hailed from the village of <a href="/wiki/Tegh" title="Tegh">Tegh</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian SSR">Armenian SSR</a>, and moved to Stepanakert after the arrest of Serzh Sargsyan's grandfather during the 1937 <a href="/wiki/Great_Purge" title="Great Purge">Great Purge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-interview_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He entered <a href="/wiki/Yerevan_State_University" title="Yerevan State University">Yerevan State University</a> in 1971 and served in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ural_(region)" title="Ural (region)">Ural region</a> from 1971 to 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-interview_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began his career in 1975 at the Electrical Devices Factory in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-repub-bio_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-repub-bio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from the Philological Department of Yerevan State University in 1979. In 1983, he married his wife, <a href="/wiki/Rita_Sargsyan" title="Rita Sargsyan">Rita</a> (née Dadayan).<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to his native Armenian, he is fluent in Russian and also knows <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dewaal2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewaal2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is not related to the former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan" title="Tigran Sargsyan">Tigran Sargsyan</a>, who served under him, nor to his successor as President <a href="/wiki/Armen_Sarkissian" title="Armen Sarkissian">Armen Sarkissian</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3></div> <p>Starting in 1979, Sargsyan held several positions in the Stepanakert <a href="/wiki/Komsomol" title="Komsomol">Komsomol</a> Committee: first as division head, then second secretary and first secretary (his long-time political ally <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a> served as his deputy).<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dewaal1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewaal1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then became the Stepanakert City Committee Propaganda Division Head, the Nagorno-Karabakh Regional Committee Communist Organizations' Unit Instructor, and finally became assistant to <a href="/wiki/Genrikh_Poghosyan" title="Genrikh Poghosyan">Genrikh Poghosyan</a>, the First Secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh Regional Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1989, Sargsyan was a delegate from Nagorno-Karabakh to the first congress of the <a href="/wiki/Pan-Armenian_National_Movement" title="Pan-Armenian National Movement">Pan-Armenian National Movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-repub-bio_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-repub-bio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_(Armenia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Council (Armenia)">Supreme Council of Armenia</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-repub-bio_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-repub-bio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a>, Sargsyan was involved in organizing the defense of Nagorno-Karabakh and the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Artsakh_Defence_Army" title="Artsakh Defence Army">NKR Defense Army</a> in various capacities.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1992, when the first government of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Nagorno-Karabakh Republic</a> (NKR) was formed with <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Yesayan" title="Oleg Yesayan">Oleg Yesayan</a> as prime minister, Sargsyan was appointed head of the Defense Committee, a position he held until the dissolution of the government in August 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sargsyan then became a member of the seven-man State Defense Committee of the NKR (effectively the government of the NKR) which was formed in August 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sargsyan held the position of minister of the army within the State Defense Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1993 to 1995 he served his first term as Armenia's Minister of Defense under President <a href="/wiki/Levon_Ter-Petrosyan" title="Levon Ter-Petrosyan">Levon Ter-Petrosyan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995 he became Minister of National Security of Armenia (initially called the State Security Department) and from 1996 to 1999 he concurrently served as Minister of Interior.<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1998, Sargsyan, along with then-Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan and Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan" title="Vazgen Sargsyan">Vazgen Sargsyan</a>, forced President Ter-Petrosyan to resign in order to prevent him from accepting a peace plan for the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a> put forward by international mediators in September 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Razmik_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Razmik-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal envisioned the return of most of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian-occupied_territories_surrounding_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh">Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh</a> to Azerbaijan in exchange for security guarantees, but left the final resolution of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh for future negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-ohannes2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohannes2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1999 to 2000 he served as the Chief of Staff for President <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a>, and then served once again as the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Minister_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence Minister of Armenia">Defense Minister</a> of Armenia from 2000 to 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Security_Council_of_Armenia" title="Security Council of Armenia">National Security Council</a> led by President Kocharyan from 1999 to 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 April 2007 Sargsyan was appointed as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister</a> of Armenia, following the sudden death of <a href="/wiki/Andranik_Margaryan" title="Andranik Margaryan">Andranik Margaryan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_election">Presidential election</h3></div> <p>Sargsyan, with President Kocharyan's backing, was viewed as the strongest contender for the post of the President of Armenia in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Armenian_presidential_election" title="2008 Armenian presidential election">February 2008 presidential election</a>. Full provisional results showed him winning about 53% of the vote, a first round majority, well ahead of second place candidate <a href="/wiki/Levon_Ter-Petrossian" class="mw-redirect" title="Levon Ter-Petrossian">Levon Ter-Petrosyan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2008 Presidential election was hailed as largely democratic by <a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe" title="Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe">OSCE</a>, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU) and Western monitors.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ter-Petrosyan's supporters, disputing the official results, held <a href="/wiki/2008_Armenian_presidential_election_protests" title="2008 Armenian presidential election protests">large protests</a> in Yerevan for over a week following the election, until they were violently broken up on 1 March; ten people (eight protestors and two police officers) were killed, and a state of emergency was imposed for 20 days, ending on 20 March 2008.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidency_(2008–2018)"><span id="Presidency_.282008.E2.80.932018.29"></span>Presidency (2008–2018)</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Armenia#Sargsyan_Presidency_(2008-2018)" title="History of Armenia">Presidency of Serzh Sargsyan</a></div> <table class="infobox"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><b>Sargsyan's approval rating in CRRC polls</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Trust </th> <th>Distrust </th></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2008am/TRUPRES/">Dec 2008</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">53%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">30%</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2009am/TRUPRES/">Oct 2009</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">27%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">46%</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2010am/TRUPRES/">Dec 2010</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">29%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">35%</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2011am/TRUPRES/">Nov 2011</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">39%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">34%</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2012am/TRUPRES/">Nov 2012</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">27%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">41%</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2013am/TRUPRES/">Nov 2013</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">19%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">57%</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2015am/TRUPRES/">Nov 2015</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">16%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">63%</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caucasusbarometer.org/en/cb2017am/TRUPRES/">Oct 2017</a> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">17%</div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">65%</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Serzh Sargsyan was sworn in as president at the <a href="/wiki/Yerevan_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Yerevan Opera House">Yerevan Opera House</a> on 9 April 2008. Referring to the "painful events" that followed the election, he "<span class="nowrap">urge[d]</span> everybody to look forward, together, to seek and find the way for reconciliation, development, and future of Armenia."<sup id="cite_ref-Sworn_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sworn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appointed <a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan" title="Tigran Sargsyan">Tigran Sargsyan</a>, who had been the Chairman of the Central Bank and is not a member of a political party, as Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Freedom House report "In 2011, the government took concrete steps to fulfill longstanding and often repeated promises to confront corruption. E-government services reduced opportunities for bribery, while new regulations and stricter enforcement led to higher numbers of corruption lawsuits and fines against senior officials and large companies. Owing to a more consolidated government effort to eradicate corruption, Armenia's corruption rating <span class="nowrap">improve[d]</span> from 5.50 to 5.25."<sup id="cite_ref-freedomhouse_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freedomhouse-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Sargsyan's presidency the record of the freedom of speech and the freedom of press in general also improved in Armenia. Internet penetration rose sharply – from 6.2 percent in 2008 to 37 percent in 2011, providing greater access to online media, which rapidly grew in number, including <a href="/wiki/Blogosphere" title="Blogosphere">blogosphere</a> – with over 10,000 bloggers in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-freedomhouse_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freedomhouse-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the elections Sargsyan also authorized opposition rallies to take place in Yerevan<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and pledged to comply with the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>'s demands for an end to the government's crackdown on the opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Civil society also grew considerably during Sargsyan's presidency, with the number of non-governmental organizations growing at a higher rate and with civic activists succeeding in raising public awareness and holding important campaigns in the sphere of human rights, environmental protection and social justice. However, according to Freedom House, public advocacy still had limited impact on public policy.<sup id="cite_ref-freedomhouse_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freedomhouse-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economy">Economy</h3></div> <p>The start of Sargsyan's presidency coincided with the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>. In 2009, Armenia's GDP contracted over 14%,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which according to the World Bank was the fifth worst in the world that year after the three <a href="/wiki/Baltic_states" title="Baltic states">Baltic states</a> and Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GDP growth subsequently stabilized at around 3% by 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2014, Armenia's GDP is below the pre-crisis levels. During his first term of presidency, the official poverty rate doubled and reached 32.4% in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to official data, some 213,000 people have left Armenia from 2008 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Armenia was ranked 39th out of 179 economies according to the <a href="/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom" title="Index of Economic Freedom">Index of Economic Freedom</a> and ranked 19th freest among the 43 countries in the Europe region.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2013 and under Sargsyan's direction, Armenia announced its intentions of joining the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union" title="Eurasian Economic Union">Eurasian Economic Union</a> with Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-ack_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ack-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU) is an <a href="/wiki/Economic_union" title="Economic union">economic union</a> of <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and came into force on 1 January 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Treaties aiming for <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>'s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union was signed on 9 October 2014. Armenia's accession treaty came into force on 2 January 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eurasian Economic Union has an integrated <a href="/wiki/Single_market" title="Single market">single market</a> of 176 million people and a <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> of over 4 trillion U.S. dollars (PPP).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EEU introduces the free movement of goods, capital, services and people and provides for common transport, agriculture and energy policies, with provisions for a single currency and greater integration in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPost_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPost-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-currency_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currency-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Serzh_Sargsyan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of international trips made by Serzh Sargsyan">List of international trips made by Serzh Sargsyan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Clinton_and_Serzh_Sargsyan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Secretary_Clinton_and_Serzh_Sargsyan.jpg/220px-Secretary_Clinton_and_Serzh_Sargsyan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Secretary_Clinton_and_Serzh_Sargsyan.jpg/330px-Secretary_Clinton_and_Serzh_Sargsyan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Secretary_Clinton_and_Serzh_Sargsyan.jpg/440px-Secretary_Clinton_and_Serzh_Sargsyan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Sargsyan and U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton in Yerevan, 4 June 2012</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dmitry_Medvedev_in_Armenia_20_August_2010-7.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Dmitry_Medvedev_in_Armenia_20_August_2010-7.jpeg/220px-Dmitry_Medvedev_in_Armenia_20_August_2010-7.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Dmitry_Medvedev_in_Armenia_20_August_2010-7.jpeg/330px-Dmitry_Medvedev_in_Armenia_20_August_2010-7.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Dmitry_Medvedev_in_Armenia_20_August_2010-7.jpeg/440px-Dmitry_Medvedev_in_Armenia_20_August_2010-7.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="755" data-file-height="735" /></a><figcaption>Dmitry Medvedev in Armenia, 20 August 2010</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a></div> <p>Sargsyan made his first address in front of the 63rd session of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> in New York on 25 September 2008. In his speech he referenced the <a href="/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 South Ossetia war">2008 South Ossetia conflict</a> and emphasized the need for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> to help bring peaceful resolution to armed conflicts around the world, including the one in <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>. He also mentioned how <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>'s military buildup along with increasing war rhetoric and threats risked causing renewed problems in the <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus" title="South Caucasus">South Caucasus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sargsyan continued the policy towards the peaceful resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a> pursued by his predecessors, which constitutes one of the main goals of the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Armenia" title="Foreign relations of Armenia">Armenian foreign policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sargsyan repeatedly stated that the Armenian side is interested in finding a just and exclusively peaceful solution to the conflict and that the <a href="/wiki/OSCE_Minsk_Group" title="OSCE Minsk Group">OSCE Minsk Group</a> is the viable format within which the peace talks should continue.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Arminfo_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arminfo-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued negotiations with Azerbaijan and had a number of meetings with the <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">president of Azerbaijan</a> within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group. On 2 November 2008, <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> and Serzh Sargsyan traveled to <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> for talks with <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a>. The talks ended in the three Presidents signing a declaration confirming their commitment to continue talks.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two presidents met again in 2009 in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 22 November 2009, together with several world leaders, in <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> where President Aliyev once more threatened to resort to military force to reestablish control over the region if the two sides did not reach an agreeable settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sargsyan blames the Azerbaijani side for hampering the peace process and for pursuing an openly anti-Armenian stance. According to him, the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Armenian_sentiment" title="Anti-Armenian sentiment">anti-Armenian policies of Azerbaijan</a>, such as "state-supported falsifications of history", "hostile propaganda against Armenia and Armenians" and "military build-up" prove that Azerbaijan does not want peace.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The most vivid expression of anti-Armenian policies of Azerbaijan was the hero's welcome given to the convicted ax murderer <a href="/wiki/Ramil_Safarov" title="Ramil Safarov">Ramil Safarov</a> who had brutally killed Armenian officer <a href="/wiki/Gurgen_Margaryan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurgen Margaryan">Gurgen Margaryan</a> during the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">NATO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a> program in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> in 2004. The fact that after his extradition to Azerbaijan in 2012 Safarov was pardoned by president <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Aliyev</a>, promoted to the rank of major, given an apartment with over eight years of back pay and was made a national hero,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hampers the negotiation process and proves, in Sargsyan's words, that "the Azeri propaganda brings up an entire generation in the atmosphere of <a href="/wiki/Xenophobia" title="Xenophobia">xenophobia</a> and intolerance."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Sargsyan has also clearly stated:</p><blockquote><p>The Armenophobic and aggressive stance of Azerbaijan reinforces our conviction that Nagorno-Karabakh has no future within Azerbaijan. Moreover, Azerbaijan has neither legal nor political or moral grounds to claim over Nagorno-Karabakh.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_-_1.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/%D0%A1_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_-_1.jpeg/220px-thumbnail.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/%D0%A1_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_-_1.jpeg/330px-thumbnail.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/%D0%A1_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_-_1.jpeg/440px-thumbnail.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption>Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijan's <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>, 23 January 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>In his speech made at the British <a href="/wiki/Chatham_House" title="Chatham House">Chatham House</a> Sargsyan said: </p> <blockquote><p>Our belief is that the settlement of the Karabakh conflict should be based on human rights and the will of the Karabakh people… It is the only way to achieve lasting, feasible, and peaceful settlement. The alternative to this settlement is the forcing of the Karabakh people back into Azerbaijan, which will inevitably lead to attempts of new ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Karabakh. There is no alternative here."<sup id="cite_ref-Chatham_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chatham-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE._%D0%A1_%D0%98.%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC_(%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0)_%D0%B8_%D0%A1.%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_-_1.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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2014</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Armenian_President_Sagsyan_Before_a_Meeting_on_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Conflict_in_Vienna_(27057410615).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Armenian_President_Sagsyan_Before_a_Meeting_on_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Conflict_in_Vienna_%2827057410615%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Armenian_President_Sagsyan_Before_a_Meeting_on_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Conflict_in_Vienna_%2827057410615%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/File:Presidenet_of_Armenia_Serzh_Sargsyan_in_Qatar,_Doha.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Presidenet_of_Armenia_Serzh_Sargsyan_in_Qatar%2C_Doha.png/220px-Presidenet_of_Armenia_Serzh_Sargsyan_in_Qatar%2C_Doha.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Presidenet_of_Armenia_Serzh_Sargsyan_in_Qatar%2C_Doha.png/330px-Presidenet_of_Armenia_Serzh_Sargsyan_in_Qatar%2C_Doha.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Presidenet_of_Armenia_Serzh_Sargsyan_in_Qatar%2C_Doha.png/440px-Presidenet_of_Armenia_Serzh_Sargsyan_in_Qatar%2C_Doha.png 2x" data-file-width="1379" data-file-height="953" /></a><figcaption>Sargsyan in Doha, <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, 24 July 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Responding to the persistent war rhetoric of Azerbaijan, Sargsyan has condemned it as a violation of the norms of the international law, as the parties had signed a truce which Azerbaijan, the "defeated aggressor", had asked for.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He repeatedly said that his country is categorically against the resumption of military hostilities, but at the same time is ready to counter any military aggression. In 2014, Sargsyan stated "We don't want war and never wanted, but at that time [i.e. during Nagorno-Karabakh war] we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In this regard, Sargsyan declared that in the case of military aggression from Azerbaijan "Armenia will have no other choice but to recognize the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Republic">Nagorno-Karabakh Republic</a> <i>de jure</i> and to employ all its capabilities to ensure the security of the people of <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Artsakh</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sargsyan met with Ilham Aliyev again in Russian-mediated talks in <a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a> in June 2011, where the two sides reportedly came close to an agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basic principles discussed at Kazan envisioned the return of five of the seven districts of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia in exchange for "interim status" for Nagorno-Karabakh and the deployment of international peacekeepers, with the final status of the region to be decided by a legally-binding referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposals made at Kazan were ultimately rejected by the Azerbaijani side.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his electoral program of 2013, Sargsyan promised to increase the security guarantees of Nagorno-Karabakh and its people given Azerbaijan's policy of <a href="/wiki/Armenophobia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenophobia">Armenophobia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tert_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tert-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also highlighted the importance of strengthening the defensive system of Armenia "as a factor restraining the Azerbaijani aggression and ensuring stability in the South Caucasus".<sup id="cite_ref-Arminfo_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arminfo-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also promised to take all the necessary efforts to ensure that Karabakh becomes a negotiating side in the peace talks as well as to foster the ties between Karabakh and the international community.<sup id="cite_ref-tert_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tert-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As for the position of Armenia concerning the independence of <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, Sargsyan stated that "Armenia's possible recognition of <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>'s independence will not strain the Armenian-Russian relations" but also noted that the "Kosovo recognition issue needs serious discussion... Armenia has always been an adherent to the right of nations to <a href="/wiki/Self-determination" title="Self-determination">self-determination</a> and in this aspect we welcome Kosovo's independence."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2016, Sargsyan led Armenia through the <a href="/wiki/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a> (also known as the Four-Day War or the April War), the most significant outbreak of violence on the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Line_of_Contact" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact">Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact</a> after the 1994 ceasefire and before the <a href="/wiki/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war">2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war</a>. The four days of fighting resulted in at least dozens of deaths and the loss of approximately 800 hectares of land.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sargsyan described the outcome of the four-day clashes as a victory for Armenia, although he faced criticism for shortcomings during the clashes as well as accusations that he had agreed to cede territory to Azerbaijan in the wake of the fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to stop this purported cession of territory, a group of armed men calling themselves "Daredevils of Sasun" <a href="/wiki/2016_Yerevan_hostage_crisis" title="2016 Yerevan hostage crisis">seized a police headquarters in Yerevan in July 2016</a> and took hostages, demanding Sargsyan's resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crisis, which coincided with mass protests in support of the attackers, ended with the surrender of the gunmen on 31 July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_59-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reflecting on his presidency and the negotiation process after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, during which the Armenian side lost much of the territory it controlled in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, Sargsyan stated that he intended to achieve a final negotiated solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and that this was the reason for his decision to remain as prime minister in 2018, which led to protests that forced his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He denied that he had deliberately delayed the negotiation process in order to maintain the status quo or that he had ever held the view that "not one inch of land" could be handed over to Azerbaijan in order to resolve the conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He added that he was "ready to bear the label of traitor, but resolve the [Nagorno-Karabakh] question."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Turkey">Turkey</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abdullah_Gul_in_Armenia_(2008-09-06)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Abdullah_Gul_in_Armenia_%282008-09-06%29_01.jpg/220px-Abdullah_Gul_in_Armenia_%282008-09-06%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Abdullah_Gul_in_Armenia_%282008-09-06%29_01.jpg/330px-Abdullah_Gul_in_Armenia_%282008-09-06%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Abdullah_Gul_in_Armenia_%282008-09-06%29_01.jpg/440px-Abdullah_Gul_in_Armenia_%282008-09-06%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="661" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Sargsyan with Turkish President <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_G%C3%BCl" title="Abdullah Gül">Abdullah Gül</a> in Yerevan, 6 September 2008</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Armenia–Turkey relations">Armenia–Turkey relations</a></div> <p>Having been elected as a president for his first term in 2008, Sargsyan pledged to continue Armenia's policy towards Turkey, to normalize relations without any preconditions while continuing to strive for international recognition of the 1915 <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coming to power, Sargsyan took steps towards the normalization of ties with Turkey, a policy termed as "football diplomacy". In 2008, Sargsyan took a historical initiative to invite Turkish President <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_G%C3%BCl" title="Abdullah Gül">Abdullah Gül</a> to Armenia to watch a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier match between Armenia and Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_G%C3%BCl" title="Abdullah Gül">Abdullah Gül</a> attended the game in Armenia while Serzh Sargsyan made a reciprocal visit to Turkey to watch the second match.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 October 2009 the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey signed <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Armenia–Turkey relations">protocols on establishing diplomatic relations</a> between the two countries without any preconditions. The accord also presupposed the opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey which had been closed by Turkey in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The protocols were signed in Geneva, Switzerland under the international mediation, chiefly that of the United States. </p><p>Sargsyan's policy of rapprochement with Turkey received controversial reaction among the Armenian people. While one part was for the opening of the border and fostering trade with Turkey the other part was concerned that by this move Armenia would be forced to make concessions to Turkey in the most vital and strategic matters. Armenian influential opposition parties, most notably the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation" title="Armenian Revolutionary Federation">Armenian Revolutionary Federation</a> were categorically against the signing of the protocols, given the recognition of the existing Turkish-Armenian border and the setting up of a joint commission of historians researching the Armenian Genocide, as envisioned by the protocols. They considered these steps as a sellout and staged mass protests against the signing of the protocols.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Diaspora">Armenian Diaspora</a> was also largely opposed to this type of reconciliation with Turkey, arguing (despite Sargsyan's assurances to the contrary) that this would jeopardize the international recognition of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a> as well as the prospects of legitimate territorial claims of Armenians from Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The process of reconciliation, however, was suspended after a year. In Armenia, before sending the protocols to the parliament, it was sent to the Constitutional Court to have their approval. The Constitutional Court made references to the preamble of the protocols underlying three main issues.<sup id="cite_ref-iaireport_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iaireport-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of them stated that the implementation of the protocols did not imply Armenia's official recognition of the existing Turkish-Armenian border established by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Kars" title="Treaty of Kars">Treaty of Kars</a>. By doing so, the Constitutional Court rejected one of the main premises of the protocols, i.e. "the mutual recognition of the existing border between the two countries as defined by relevant treaties of international law".<sup id="cite_ref-iaireport_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iaireport-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was regarded by the Turkish Government as effectively revising the protocols and thus the reason to back down from the process.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a consequence, the Turkish Parliament did not ratify the protocols.<sup id="cite_ref-suspension_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suspension-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Armenian side accused Turkey to tie the reconciliation process with the resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a>, expecting concessions on the Armenian side, which was unacceptable for the latter. Sargsyan explained the suspension of the reconciliation process by the Armenian side in the following way: </p><blockquote><p>For a whole year, Turkey's senior officials have not spared public statements in the language of preconditions. For a whole year, Turkey has done everything to protract time and fail the process... We consider unacceptable the pointless efforts of making the dialogue between Armenia and Turkey an end in itself; from this moment on, we consider the current phase of normalization exhausted."<sup id="cite_ref-suspension_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suspension-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Sargsyan however has also stated that unlike <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a> remains committed to its initiative to normalizing relations with Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-Arminfo_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arminfo-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_Union">European Union</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Armenia–European Union relations">Armenia–European Union relations</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2nd_EPP_EaP_Summit_(8241836726).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2nd_EPP_EaP_Summit_%288241836726%29.jpg/220px-2nd_EPP_EaP_Summit_%288241836726%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2nd_EPP_EaP_Summit_%288241836726%29.jpg/330px-2nd_EPP_EaP_Summit_%288241836726%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2nd_EPP_EaP_Summit_%288241836726%29.jpg/440px-2nd_EPP_EaP_Summit_%288241836726%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Sargsyan with <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" title="President of the European Commission">President</a> of the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> <a href="/wiki/Jose_Manuel_Barroso" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Manuel Barroso">Jose Manuel Barroso</a> and the President of the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People's Party">European People's Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Wilfried_Martens" title="Wilfried Martens">Wilfried Martens</a> at the European People's Party <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Partnership" title="Eastern Partnership">Eastern Partnership</a> Leaders' Summit in Yerevan, 30 November 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>President Sargsyan supported Armenia's efforts to ink an <a href="/wiki/European_Union_free_trade_agreements" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union free trade agreements">Association Agreement</a> with the EU, which contains a <a href="/wiki/Deep_and_Comprehensive_Free_Trade_Area" title="Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area">Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area</a>, for several years. Under his presidency, the negotiations for the agreement were completed and Armenia was set to sign the agreement at an upcoming EU Summit. However, President Sargsyan made a drastic policy reversal when in September 2013, after a meeting with President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> in Moscow, he opted to join the Russian-led <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union" title="Eurasian Economic Union">Eurasian Economic Union</a>. It was widely believed that Russian pressure and threats killed Armenia's deal with the EU. Even though such a reversal was made, President Sargsyan's administration was determined to further EU inspired reforms in law and governance, and this led to Armenia signing the <a href="/wiki/Armenia-EU_Comprehensive_and_Enhanced_Partnership_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement">Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement</a> with the European Union on 24 November 2017. Behind the scenes, Russia granted approval to Armenia to sign the deal after any economic provisions were removed from the deal.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protests_against_Sargsyan's_presidency"><span id="Protests_against_Sargsyan.27s_presidency"></span>Protests against Sargsyan's presidency</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/2008_Armenian_presidential_election_protests" title="2008 Armenian presidential election protests">2008 Armenian presidential election protests</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_Armenian_protests" title="2011 Armenian protests">2011 Armenian protests</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mashtots_Park_Movement" title="Mashtots Park Movement">Mashtots Park Movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_Armenian_protests" title="2013 Armenian protests">2013 Armenian protests</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_Yerevan_hostage_crisis" title="2016 Yerevan hostage crisis">2016 Yerevan hostage crisis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electric_Yerevan" title="Electric Yerevan">Electric Yerevan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2018_Armenian_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Armenian revolution">2018 Armenian revolution</a></div> <p>Major protests against Sargsyan's regime began in 2011, with the president's 2008 rival <a href="/wiki/Levon_Ter-Petrossian" class="mw-redirect" title="Levon Ter-Petrossian">Levon Ter-Petrosyan</a> at their helm.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a concession to protesters, Sargsyan said on 20 April 2011 that the government would recommit to a thorough investigation of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Armenian_presidential_election_protests" title="2008 Armenian presidential election protests">post-election violence</a> of three years prior.<sup id="cite_ref-1MarchCase_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1MarchCase-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2016, thousands of Armenians protested in the capital Yerevan in support of the "Daredevils of Sasun," an armed group that stormed police headquarters in Yerevan and took hostages while calling for the release of all political prisoners and the resignation of president Serzh Sargsyan.<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Security Service of Armenia called the takeover (which resulted in the deaths of three policemen) a terrorist attack, but a growing number of Armenians disagreed with that assessment.<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prime_Minister_(2018)"><span id="Prime_Minister_.282018.29"></span>Prime Minister (2018)</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Second_Serzh_Sargsyan_government" title="Second Serzh Sargsyan government">Serzh Sargsyan II cabinet</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2018_Armenian_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Armenian revolution">2018 Armenian revolution</a></div> <p>Shortly after the end of his presidency on 9 April 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_resign_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_resign-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sargsyan was elected <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a> on 17 April. Opposition figures described this as a "power grab" and there were <a href="/wiki/2018_Armenian_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Armenian revolution">large-scale protests</a> against him.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 April, Sargsyan held a three-minute televised meeting with opposition MP and leader of the protests <a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a>. Sargsyan accused the opposition of delivering an ultimatum for his resignation instead of engaging in dialogue, and left the meeting early; Pashinyan was detained by police hours after the meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The continuing protests were eventually successful in pressuring Sargsyan. On 23 April, Pashinyan was released from detention and Sargsyan announced his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_resign_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_resign-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Karen_Karapetyan" title="Karen Karapetyan">Karen Karapetyan</a> succeeded Sargsyan as acting Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_resign_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_resign-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armenia's <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Armenia)" title="National Assembly (Armenia)">National Assembly</a>, still controlled by Sargsyan's Republican Party, elected <a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a> Prime Minister on 8 May 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criminal_prosecution">Criminal prosecution</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sargsyan has been under criminal prosecution within the scope of a criminal case on <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a>. The Special Investigative Service of Armenia on 4 December 2019, has brought embezzlement charges against Sargsyan, particularly for the organization of the embezzlement of half a billion <a href="/wiki/Armenian_dram" title="Armenian dram">AMD</a> within the scope of the state program on assisting farmers to obtain diesel fuel on affordable price in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2020, based on sufficient evidence collected, the Special Investigative Service has indicted Sargsyan for embezzlement on especially large scale (AMD ֏489,160,310) and the criminal case with the indictment has been handed to the prosecutor supervising the case for approval and sending it to court.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_awards">Honours and awards</h2></div> <p>Serzh Sargsyan has thus far been conferred the following honors: </p> <ul><li>Order of first Degree "Martakan Khach" ("Combat Cross") (<a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, 1994)<sup id="cite_ref-official_page_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_page-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Artsakh" title="Hero of Artsakh">Hero of Artsakh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a>, 2000)<sup id="cite_ref-official_page_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_page-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Order of "Voske Artsiv" (Golden Eagle) (<a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a>, 2000)<sup id="cite_ref-official_page_88-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_page-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Armenia#Tigran_Mets_Order" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Armenia">Order of "Tigran Mets"</a> (named after <a href="/wiki/Tigranes_the_Great" title="Tigranes the Great">Tigranes the Great</a>) (<a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, 2006)<sup id="cite_ref-official_page_88-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_page-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Honor_(Georgia)" title="Order of Honor (Georgia)">Order of Honor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a> (<a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The First Class of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise" title="Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise">Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, 2011)</li> <li>Order of the Republic of Serbia (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Order_of_Excellence" title="Presidential Order of Excellence">Presidential Order of Excellence</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Merit_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Order of Merit (France)">National Order of Merit</a> (France, 2014)<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_(Georgia)" title="Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia)">Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>In 1983, he married his wife, <a href="/wiki/Rita_Sargsyan" title="Rita Sargsyan">Rita Sargsyan</a> née Dadayan, with whom he has two daughters, Anush and Satenik. They have two granddaughters, Mariam and Rita, and two grandsons, Ara and Serzh.<sup id="cite_ref-official-bio_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sargsyan is also the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Chess_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Chess Federation">Armenian Chess Federation</a>. His wife Rita died on 20 November 2020, from <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> at the age of 58.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sargsyan has two younger brothers: Alexander (Sashik), a businessman and former member of Armenia's parliament, and Levon, a diplomat and professor at <a href="/wiki/Yerevan_State_University" title="Yerevan State University">Yerevan State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-interview_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_details">Other details</h3></div> <p>Other <a href="/wiki/Transcription_(linguistics)" title="Transcription (linguistics)">transcriptions</a> of his given name are <i><a href="/wiki/Serge_(first_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serge (first name)">Serge</a></i> and <i>Serj</i>, of the surname <i>Sarkissian, Sarkisyan, Sargsyan, Sarkissyan</i>, the <a href="/wiki/Transliteration" title="Transliteration">transliteration</a> is <i>Serž Azati Sargsyan</i> (see <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian" title="Romanization of Armenian">Romanization of Armenian</a>). His name during the Soviet era was Russified as <i>Serzh Azatovich Sargsyan</i> (Серж Аза́тович Саргся́н). </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-official-bio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official-bio_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.president.am/en/serzhsargsyan">Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180503111353/http://www.president.am/en/serzhsargsyan">Archived</a> 3 May 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 September</span> 2021</span>. <q>Before 1996... 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New York and London: New York University Press. p. 54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8147-1944-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8147-1944-9"><bdi>0-8147-1944-9</bdi></a>. <q>Sarkisian told me that he himself spoke good Azeri and had a lot of Azerbaijani friends</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Black+Garden%3A+Armenia+and+Azerbaijan+through+Peace+and+War&rft.place=New+York+and+London&rft.pages=54&rft.pub=New+York+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-8147-1944-9&rft.aulast=De+Waal&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerzh+Sargsyan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dewaal1-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dewaal1_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDe_Waal2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Waal" title="Thomas de Waal">De Waal, Thomas</a> (2003). <i>Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War</i>. New York and London: New York University Press. p. 53. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8147-1944-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8147-1944-9"><bdi>0-8147-1944-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Black+Garden%3A+Armenia+and+Azerbaijan+through+Peace+and+War&rft.place=New+York+and+London&rft.pages=53&rft.pub=New+York+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-8147-1944-9&rft.aulast=De+Waal&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerzh+Sargsyan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:3-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:3_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHakobyan2016" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Tatul_Hakobyan" title="Tatul Hakobyan">Hakobyan, Tatul</a> (21 March 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.civilnet.am/news/165584/%D5%BD%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AA-%D5%BD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%BD%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB-%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%BB-%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B3%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80-%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6/">"Սերժ Սարգսյանի պաշտոնական կենսագրության մեջ անճշտություններ կան"</a> [There are inaccuracies in Serzh Sargsyan's official biography]. <i>CIVILNET</i> (in Armenian). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211007103548/https://www.civilnet.am/news/165584/%d5%bd%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%aa-%d5%bd%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%a3%d5%bd%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%ab-%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%b7%d5%bf%d5%b8%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%af%d5%a1%d5%b6-%d5%af%d5%a5%d5%b6%d5%bd%d5%a1%d5%a3%d6%80%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%b6-%d5%b4%d5%a5%d5%bb-%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%b3%d5%b7%d5%bf%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%b6%d5%a5%d6%80-%d5%af%d5%a1%d5%b6/">Archived</a> from the original on 7 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Post-Soviet Armenia". In Barrington, Lowell W. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472098985-ch9.pdf"><i>After Independence: Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist States</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. The University of Michigan Press. pp. 225–247. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210905232942/https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472098985-ch9.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 5 September 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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<tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Andranik_Margaryan" title="Andranik Margaryan">Andranik Margaryan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a> </b><br />2007–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan" title="Tigran Sargsyan">Tigran Sargsyan</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">President of Armenia</a> </b><br />2008–2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Armen_Sarkissian" title="Armen Sarkissian">Armen Sarkissian</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Karapetyan" title="Karen Karapetyan">Karen Karapetyan</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister of Armenia</a> </b><br />2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Karapetyan" title="Karen Karapetyan">Karen Karapetyan</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output 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Sargsyan</a> (2008–2018)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Government" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Armenia" title="Government of Armenia">Government</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan" title="Tigran Sargsyan">Tigran Sargsyan</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan_government" title="Tigran Sargsyan government">cabinet</a></span>) (2008–2014)</li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Vigen_Sargsyan" title="Vigen Sargsyan">Vigen Sargsyan</a> (2016–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Territorial Administration <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div>and Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armen_Gevorgyan" title="Armen Gevorgyan">Armen Gevorgyan</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Head of Staff of the Government of Armenia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vache_Gabrielyan" title="Vache Gabrielyan">Vache Gabrielyan</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Finance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Davit_Sargsyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Davit Sargsyan (page does not exist)">Davit Sargsyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagik_Khachatryan_(politician)" title="Gagik Khachatryan (politician)">Gagik Khachatryan</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Urban Development</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Narek_Sargsyan" title="Narek Sargsyan">Narek Sargsyan</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_the_Diaspora&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minister of the Diaspora (page does not exist)">Minister of the Diaspora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hranush_Hakobyan" title="Hranush Hakobyan">Hranush Hakobyan</a> (2008–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hasmik_Poghosyan" title="Hasmik Poghosyan">Hasmik Poghosyan</a> (2007–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Science and Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armen_Ashotyan" title="Armen Ashotyan">Armen Ashotyan</a> (2009–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Energy_and_Natural_Resources_(Armenia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Armenia)">Minister of Energy and Natural Resources</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armen_Movsisyan" title="Armen Movsisyan">Armen Movsisyan</a> (2008–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yervand_Zakharyan" title="Yervand Zakharyan">Yervand Zakharyan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Finance_of_Armenia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minister of Finance of Armenia (page does not exist)">Minister of Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Sargsyan" title="David Sargsyan">David Sargsyan</a> (2013–2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment_(Armenia)" title="Ministry of Environment (Armenia)">Minister of Nature Protection</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aramayis_Grigoryan_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aramayis Grigoryan (politician) (page does not exist)">Aramayis Grigoryan</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_and_Communication_(Armenia)" title="Ministry of Transport and Communication (Armenia)">Minister of Transport and Communication</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurgen_Sargsyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurgen Sargsyan (page does not exist)">Gurgen Sargsyan</a> (2008–2010)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manuk_Vardanyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manuk Vardanyan (page does not exist)">Manuk Vardanyan</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagik_Beglaryan" title="Gagik Beglaryan">Gagik Beglaryan</a> (2012–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Territorial Administration <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div>and Emergency Situations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armen_Yeritsyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armen Yeritsyan (page does not exist)">Armen Yeritsyan</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nerses_Yeritsyan" title="Nerses Yeritsyan">Nerses Yeritsyan</a> (2008–2010)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karen_Chshmaritian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karen Chshmaritian (page does not exist)">Karen Chshmaritian</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Agriculture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sergo_Karapetyan" title="Sergo Karapetyan">Sergo Karapetyan</a> (2010–2016)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ignati_Araqelyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ignati Araqelyan (page does not exist)">Ignati Araqelyan</a> (2016–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Justice</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hrayr_Tovmasyan" title="Hrayr Tovmasyan">Hrayr Tovmasyan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Healthcare</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derenik_Dumanyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Derenik Dumanyan (page does not exist)">Derenik Dumanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armen_Muradyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armen Muradyan (page does not exist)">Armen Muradyan</a> (2014–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Labor and Social Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artem_Asatryan" title="Artem Asatryan">Artem Asatryan</a> (2012–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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href="/wiki/Manvel_Grigoryan" title="Manvel Grigoryan">Manvel Grigoryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samvel_Karapetyan_(general)" title="Samvel Karapetyan (general)">Samvel Karapetyan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Serzh Sargsyan</a></li> <li><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%82%D6%87%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Պետրոս Ղևոնդյան">Petros Ghevondyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movses_Hakobyan" title="Movses Hakobyan">Movses Hakobyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Balasanyan" title="Vitaly Balasanyan">Vitaly Balasanyan</a></li> <li><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%AB_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BA%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Գեորգի Գասպարյան">Georgi Gasparyan</a></li> <li><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A1_%D5%8A%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Յուրա Պողոսյան">Yura Poghosyan</a></li> <li><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Վահագն Վարդևանյան">Vahagn Vardevanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zori_Balayan" title="Zori Balayan">Zori Balayan</a></li> <li><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%AB%D6%80_%D5%82%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Արշավիր Ղարամյան">Arshavir Gharamyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkadi_Ghukasyan" title="Arkadi Ghukasyan">Arkadi Ghukasyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkady_Ter-Tadevosyan" title="Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan">Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pargev_Martirosyan" title="Pargev Martirosyan">Pargev Martirosyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahen_Meghrian" title="Shahen Meghrian">Shahen Meghrian</a></li> <li><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A1_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Ժաննա Գալստյան">Zhanna Galstyan</a></li> <li><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80_%D4%B1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Արթուր Աղաբեկյան">Arthur Aghabekyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Abajyan" title="Robert Abajyan">Robert Abajyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonid_Azgaldyan" title="Leonid Azgaldyan">Leonid Azgaldyan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Balayan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vladimir Balayan (page does not exist)">Vladimir Balayan</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%AB%D6%80_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:Վլադիմիր Բալայան">hy</a>; <a 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href="/wiki/Karabakh_movement" title="Karabakh movement">Karabakh movement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miatsum" title="Miatsum">Miatsum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Azerbaijan" title="Armenians in Azerbaijan">Armenians in Azerbaijan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Baku" title="Armenians in Baku">Armenians in Baku</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis_in_Armenia" title="Azerbaijanis in Armenia">Azerbaijanis in Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Armenian_sentiment_in_Azerbaijan" title="Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan">Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_relations" title="Armenia–Azerbaijan relations">Armenia–Azerbaijan relations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First war</a> (1988–1994)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ardaql%C4%B1,_Shamkir#Deportation_of_the_Armenian_population" title="Çardaqlı, Shamkir">Çardaqlı clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askeran_clash" title="Askeran clash">Askeran clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumgait_pogrom" title="Sumgait pogrom">Sumgait pogrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gugark_pogrom" title="Gugark pogrom">Gugark pogrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zvartnots_Airport_clash" title="Zvartnots Airport clash">Zvartnots Airport clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_violence_in_Shusha_and_Stepanakert" title="1988 violence in Shusha and Stepanakert">Shusha and Stepanakert pogroms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirovabad_pogrom" title="Kirovabad pogrom">Kirovabad pogrom</a></li> <li>Il-76 crash near Leninakan (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_pogrom" title="Baku pogrom">Baku pogrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C4%9Fanis_Ayrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Bağanis Ayrum">Bağanis Ayrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Tbilisi%E2%80%93Agdam_bus_bombing" title="1990 Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing">1990 Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ring" title="Operation Ring">Operation Ring</a></li> <li>Voskepar massacre</li> <li>Battle of Togh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Azerbaijani_Mil_Mi-8_shootdown" title="1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown">1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_on_Abolishment_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast">Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Stepanakert" title="Siege of Stepanakert">Siege of Stepanakert</a></li> <li>Operation Dashalty</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Azerbaijani_Mil_Mi-8_shootdown" title="1992 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown">1992 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Gushchular_and_Malibeyli" title="Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli">Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Garadaghly" title="Capture of Garadaghly">Capture of Garadaghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojaly_massacre" title="Khojaly massacre">Khojaly massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maraga_massacre" title="Maraga massacre">Maraga massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shusha_(1992)" title="Battle of Shusha (1992)">Capture of Shusha</a></li> <li>Capture of Artsvashen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Goranboy" title="Operation Goranboy">Operation Goranboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardakert_and_Martuni_Offensives" title="Mardakert and Martuni Offensives">Mardakert and Martuni Offensives</a></li> <li>Operation Həsənqaya</li> <li>Battle of Lachin</li> <li>Operation Qazançı</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Azerbaijani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état">1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kalbajar" title="Battle of Kalbajar">Battle of Kalbajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aghdam" title="Battle of Aghdam">Battle of Aghdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Summer_Offensives" title="1993 Summer Offensives">1993 Summer Offensives</a></li> <li>Operation Geghamasar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Horadiz" title="Operation Horadiz">Operation Horadiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kalbajar" title="Operation Kalbajar">Operation Kalbajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Baku_Metro_bombings" title="1994 Baku Metro bombings">1994 Baku Metro bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Iranian_Air_Force_C-130_shootdown" title="1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown">1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Bagratashen_bombing" title="1994 Bagratashen bombing">1994 Bagratashen bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugees_in_Azerbaijan" title="Refugees in Azerbaijan">Refugees in Azerbaijan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Interwar clashes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Mardakert_clashes" title="2008 Mardakert clashes">2008 Mardakert clashes</a></li> <li>January 2009 Agdam military incident</li> <li>September 2009 Agdam military incident</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Nagorno-Karabakh_clashes" title="2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes">2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Mardakert_clashes" title="2010 Mardakert clashes">2010 Mardakert clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_border_clashes" title="2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes">2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" title="2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Armenian_Mil_Mi-24_shootdown" title="2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown">2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown</a></li> <li>2016 Odundağ clashes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a></li> <li>2017 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_shelling_of_Alxanl%C4%B1" title="2017 shelling of Alxanlı">Shelling of Alxanlı</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" title="2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes</a></li> <li>2019 clash near Chinari</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" title="July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Incidents_during_the_July_2020_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" title="Incidents during the July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">Incidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Azerbaijani_protests" title="2020 Azerbaijani protests">Protests in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_July_2020_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">Reactions</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second war</a> (2020)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Timeline of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Casualties of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Casualties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="International reactions to the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">International reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegations_of_third-party_involvement_in_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Allegations of third-party involvement in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Allegations of third-party involvement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagiz_offensive" title="Madagiz offensive">Madagiz offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aras_Valley_campaign" title="Aras Valley campaign">Aras Valley campaign</a></li> <li>Bombardments (<a href="/wiki/2020_Barda_missile_attacks" title="2020 Barda missile attacks">Barda</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_Ganja_missile_attacks" title="2020 Ganja missile attacks">Ganja</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_Ghazanchetsots_Cathedral_shelling" title="2020 Ghazanchetsots Cathedral shelling">Ghazanchetsots Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_bombardment_of_Martuni" title="2020 bombardment of Martuni">Martuni</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_bombardment_of_Stepanakert" title="2020 bombardment of Stepanakert">Stepanakert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Tartar" title="Bombardment of Tartar">Tartar</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hadrut" title="Battle of Hadrut">Battle of Hadrut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachin_offensive" title="Lachin offensive">Lachin offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shusha_(2020)" title="Battle of Shusha (2020)">Battle of Shusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Russian_Mil_Mi-24_shootdown" title="2020 Russian Mil Mi-24 shootdown">Russian Mil Mi-24 shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="War crimes in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">War crimes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_prisoners_of_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Armenian prisoners of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Treatment of Armenian POWs</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-ceasefire events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%27s_construction_in_areas_gained_in_the_Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Azerbaijan's construction in areas gained in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Azerbaijan's construction in gained areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Armenian_protests" title="2020–2021 Armenian protests">2020–2021 Armenian protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping_operations_in_Nagorno-Karabakh#2020" title="Peacekeeping operations in Nagorno-Karabakh">Chaylaggala and Hin Tagher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_border_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis">Border crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_2022_Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_clashes" title="September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes">September 2022 escalation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susuzluq_explosion" title="Susuzluq explosion">Susuzluq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping_operations_in_Nagorno-Karabakh#2021" title="Peacekeeping operations in Nagorno-Karabakh">Shusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farukh#History" title="Farukh">Farukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Armenian_protests" title="2022 Armenian protests">2022 Armenian protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh">Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Azerbaijani_offensive_in_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh">2023 Azerbaijani offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Armenian_protests" title="2023 Armenian protests">Protests in Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_Armenians" title="Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians">Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkadzor_fuel_depot_explosion" title="Berkadzor fuel depot explosion">Berkadzor fuel depot explosion</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh">Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Stepanakert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askeran_Province" title="Askeran Province">Askeran Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadrut_Province" title="Hadrut Province">Hadrut Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashatagh_Province" title="Kashatagh Province">Kashatagh Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martakert_Province" title="Martakert Province">Martakert Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuni_Province" title="Martuni Province">Martuni Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahumyan_Province" title="Shahumyan Province">Shahumyan Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shushi_Province" title="Shushi Province">Shushi Province</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian-occupied_territories_surrounding_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh">Armenian-occupied territories</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aghdam_District" title="Aghdam District">Aghdam District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzuli_District" title="Fuzuli District">Fuzuli District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabrayil_District" title="Jabrayil District">Jabrayil District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalbajar_District" title="Kalbajar District">Kalbajar District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachin_District" title="Lachin District">Lachin District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lachin_corridor" title="Lachin corridor">Lachin corridor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubadli_District" title="Qubadli District">Qubadli District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangilan_District" title="Zangilan District">Zangilan District</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Political leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Levon_Ter-Petrosyan" title="Levon Ter-Petrosyan">Levon Ter-Petrosyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Serzh Sargsyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/15px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/30px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artur_Mkrtchyan" title="Artur Mkrtchyan">Artur Mkrtchyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Petrosyan" title="Leonard Petrosyan">Leonard Petrosyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkadi_Ghukasyan" title="Arkadi Ghukasyan">Arkadi Ghukasyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bako_Sahakyan" title="Bako Sahakyan">Bako Sahakyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arayik_Harutyunyan" title="Arayik Harutyunyan">Arayik Harutyunyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samvel_Shahramanyan" title="Samvel Shahramanyan">Samvel Shahramanyan</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/15px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/30px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abulfaz_Elchibey" title="Abulfaz Elchibey">Abulfaz Elchibey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Community_of_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh">Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayram_Safarov" title="Bayram Safarov">Bayram Safarov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizami_Bahmanov" title="Nizami Bahmanov">Nizami Bahmanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tural_Ganjaliyev" title="Tural Ganjaliyev">Tural Ganjaliyev</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" title="Boris Yeltsin">Boris Yeltsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/15px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/30px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turgut_%C3%96zal" title="Turgut Özal">Turgut Özal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan" title="Vazgen Sargsyan">Vazgen Sargsyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurgen_Dalibaltayan" title="Gurgen Dalibaltayan">Gurgen Dalibaltayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norat_Ter-Grigoryants" title="Norat Ter-Grigoryants">Norat Ter-Grigoryants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jirair_Sefilian" title="Jirair Sefilian">Jirair Sefilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiran_Khachatryan" title="Tiran Khachatryan">Tiran Khachatryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seyran_Ohanyan" title="Seyran Ohanyan">Seyran Ohanyan</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/15px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/30px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samvel_Babayan" title="Samvel Babayan">Samvel Babayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristapor_Ivanyan" title="Kristapor Ivanyan">Kristapor Ivanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkady_Ter-Tadevosyan" title="Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan">Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Melkonian" title="Monte Melkonian">Monte Melkonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalal_Harutyunyan" title="Jalal Harutyunyan">Jalal Harutyunyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikael_Arzumanyan" title="Mikael Arzumanyan">Mikael Arzumanyan</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/15px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/30px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isgandar_Hamidov" title="Isgandar Hamidov">Isgandar Hamidov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Gaziyev" title="Rahim Gaziyev">Rahim Gaziyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surat_Huseynov" title="Surat Huseynov">Surat Huseynov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valeh_Barshadly" title="Valeh Barshadly">Valeh Barshadly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mais_Barkhudarov" title="Mais Barkhudarov">Mais Barkhudarov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikmat_Mirzayev" title="Hikmat Mirzayev">Hikmat Mirzayev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikmat_Hasanov" title="Hikmat Hasanov">Hikmat Hasanov</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Polyanichko" title="Viktor Polyanichko">Viktor Polyanichko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Grachev" title="Pavel Grachev">Pavel Grachev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rustam_Muradov" title="Rustam Muradov">Rustam Muradov</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg/15px-Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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