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Also known as Bako Sahaki Sahakyan

3rd President of Artsakh

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Germany

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Key facts

Prime minister
Anushavan Danielyan , Arayik Harutyunyan
Preceded by
Arkadi Ghukasyan
Succeeded by
Arayik Harutyunyan
President
Arkadi Ghukasyan
Born
( 1960-08-30 ) 30 August 1960 (age 65) , Stepanakert , Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast , Azerbaijan SSR , Soviet Union
Party
Independent
Alma mater
Artsakh University
Branch service
Soviet Army , Artsakh Defence Army
Years of service
1978-1980, 1990–2007
Rank
General
Battles wars
First Nagorno-Karabakh War

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Khankendi
Languages spoken
Armenian
Military branch
Artsakh Defense Army
Military rank
general
Image
Bako Sahakyan, President of the Republic of Artsakh (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1960-08-30
Commons category
Bako Sahakyan
name in native language
Բակո Սահակի Սահակյան
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Encyclopedic overview

Bako Sahaki Sahakyan (Armenian: Բակո Սահակի Սահակյան; born 30 August 1960) is an Armenian politician who served as the third president of the de facto-independent Republic of Artsakh from 2007 to 2020. He was the longest-serving president of Artsakh.

He was first elected as president on 19 July 2007. On 19 July 2012, he was re-elected for a second five-year term, receiving approximately two-thirds of the votes. In 2017, he was re-elected indirectly for a three-year term. Sahakyan replaced Arkadi Ghukasyan, who had held the presidential post for two five-year terms.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bako Sahakyan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.