Arkadi Ghukasyan

Arkadi Ghukasyan (Armenian: Արկադի Ղուկասյան, born 22 June 1957) was the second President of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He was elected as the President on 8 September 1997 and re-elected in 2002, until his term ended on 7 September 2007 and was succeeded by Bako Sahakyan.

Arkadi Ghukasyan Արկադի Ղուկասյան


2nd President of Nagorno-Karabakh
In office 8 September 1997 – 7 September 2007
Prime Minister	Leonard Petrosyan Zhirayr Poghosyan Anushavan Danielyan
Preceded by	Leonard Petrosyan (acting)
Succeeded by	Bako Sahakyan
Foreign Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
In office 23 July 1993 – 8 September 1997
President	Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Naira Melkumian

Personal details
Born	(1957-06-22) 22 June 1957 Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Yerevan State University

Born in Stepanakert, in the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Republic of the Azerbaijan SSR on 22 June 1957, he graduated in 1979 from Yerevan State University with a degree in linguistics. He started his working career as a correspondent for "Soviet Karabagh" newspaper, becoming its Deputy Editor-in-Chief in 1981.

In 1991 Ghukasyan was elected to the first Parliament of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In September 1992, he was appointed Political Adviser to the Chairman of the State Defense Committee (SDC), and headed the NKR delegations during OSCE negotiations with Azerbaijan.

Ghukasyan has been a member of Nagorno-Karabakh's Security Council since 1993. On 23 July 1993 he became the first Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

He survived an assassination attempt in 2000. Samvel Babayan, whom he had recently sacked as defence minister, was convicted of organising the attack and sentenced to 14 years in prison.[1] Babayan was released from imprisonment on 18 September 2004 due to health concerns, with the terms of release including a probationary period and continued disenfranchisement.[2]

He has divorced once and remarried.

References

BBC NEWS | Europe | Country profiles | Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh
"The rise and fall of Samvel Babayan". Armenian News Network / Groong. University of Southern California. 6 October 2004.

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Preceded by Leonard Petrosyan	President of Nagorno-Karabakh 1997–2007	Succeeded by Bako Sahakyan

Presidents of Artsakh
	Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan Arkadi Ghukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan (acting)

Heroes of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի հերոսներ)
Samvel Babayan Vazgen Sargsyan Bekor Ashot Monte Melkonian Seyran Ohanyan Robert Kocharyan Kristapor Ivanyan Manvel Grigoryan Samvel Karapetyan Serzh Sargsyan Petros Ghevondyan Movses Hakobyan Vitaly Balasanyan Georgi Gasparyan Yura Poghosyan Vahagn Vardevanyan Zori Balayan Arshavir Gharamyan Arkadi Ghukasyan Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan Pargev Martirosyan Shahen Meghrian Zhanna Galstyan Arthur Aghabekyan Robert Abajyan Leonid Azgaldyan Vladimir Balayan Karen Jalavyan Edgar Markosyan Sergey Shakaryan Armen Knyazyan Armenak Urfanyan Artur Mkrtchyan Adam Sahakyan Davit Grigoryan Yura Alaverdyan Sergey Shakaryan Davit Ghazaryan Suren Barseghyan Alexander Harutyunyan Menua Hovhannisyan Jalal Harutyunyan Rustam Gasparyan

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Background	Nagorno-Karabakh History Deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia Dissolution of the Soviet Union Karabakh movement Miatsum Armenians in Azerbaijan Armenians in Baku Azerbaijanis in Armenia Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
First Nagorno-Karabakh War	Çardaqlı clash Askeran clash Sumgait pogrom Gugark pogrom Zvartnots Airport clash Shusha and Stepanakert pogroms Kirovabad pogrom Il-76 crash near Leninakan Baku pogrom Black January Bağanis Ayrum massacre 1990 Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing Operation Ring Voskepar massacre Battle of Togh 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Siege of Stepanakert Operation Dashalty 1992 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli Capture of Garadaghly Khojaly massacre Maraga massacre Capture of Shusha Capture of Artsvashen Operation Goranboy Mardakert and Martuni Offensives Operation Həsənqaya Battle of Lachin Operation Qazançı Battle of Kalbajar Battle of Aghdam 1993 Summer Offensives Operation Geghamasar Operation Horadiz Operation Kalbajar 1994 Baku Metro bombings 1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown 1994 Bagratashen bombing
Interwar clashes	2008 Mardakert clashes January 2009 Agdam military incident September 2009 Agdam military incident 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes 2010 Mardakert clashes 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown 2016 Odundağ clashes 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2017 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Shelling of Alxanlı 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2019 clash near Chinari July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes Incidents Azerbaijani protests Reactions
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war	Casualties Timeline International reactions Madagiz offensive Aras Valley campaign Bombardment of Stepanakert Bombardment of Tartar Barda missile attacks Ganja missile attacks Battle of Hadrut Ghazanchetsots Cathedral shelling Lachin offensive Battle of Shusha Russian Mil Mi-24 shootdown
Main locations	Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh Stepanakert Askeran Province Hadrut Province Kashatagh Province Martakert Province Martuni Province Shahumyan Province Shushi Province Armenian-occupied territories Agdam District Fuzuli District Jabrayil District Kalbajar District Lachin District Lachin corridor Qubadli District Zangilan District
Political leaders	Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan Robert Kocharyan Serzh Sargsyan Nikol Pashinyan Republic of Artsakh Artur Mkrtchyan Robert Kocharyan Leonard Petrosyan Arkadi Ghukasyan Bako Sahakyan Arayik Harutyunyan Azerbaijan Ayaz Mutallibov Abulfaz Elchibey Heydar Aliyev Ilham Aliyev Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Bayram Safarov Nizami Bahmanov Tural Ganjaliyev Russia Mikhail Gorbachev Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin Turkey Turgut Özal Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Military leaders	Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan Gurgen Dalibaltayan Norat Ter-Grigoryants Jirair Sefilian Tiran Khachatryan Seyran Ohanyan Republic of Artsakh Samvel Babayan Kristapor Ivanyan Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan Monte Melkonian Jalal Harutyunyan Mikael Arzumanyan Azerbaijan Isgandar Hamidov Rahim Gaziyev Surat Huseynov Valeh Barshadly Mais Barkhudarov Hikmat Mirzayev Hikmat Hasanov Russia Viktor Polyanichko Pavel Grachev Rustam Muradov Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Shamil Basayev Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Peace process	Baker rules Bishkek Protocol Tehran Communiqué Zheleznovodsk Communiqué OSCE Minsk Group Prague Process Madrid Principles 2020 ceasefire agreement Peacekeeping operations
International documents	Astrakhan Declaration Nagorno-Karabakh Declaration NATO Lisbon Summit Declaration OIC Resolution 10/11 OIC Resolution 10/37 PACE Resolution 1416 UNGA Resolution 62/243 UNSC Resolutions 822 853 874 884

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