Bako Sahakyan Politician

Bako Sahakyan (Armenian: Բակո Սահակյան, born 30 August 1960, sometimes transcribed as Bako Sahakian or Saakian) is the fourth president of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He was first elected as President on 19 July 2007 and on 19 July 2012 he was re-elected for a second five-year term, receiving around two-third of the votes. Sahakyan replaced Arkadi Ghukasyan, who had held the presidential post for two five-year terms.

Personal facts

Bako Sahakyan
Birth dateAugust 30, 1960
Birth place
Soviet Union , Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast , Stepanakert
Religion
Armenian Apostolic Church
Education
Artsakh University

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Office holder

military operations
Nagorno-Karabakh War
military branch
Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
office
4th President of Nagorno-Karabakh
Interior Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
party
Independent (politician)
president
Arkadi Ghukasyan
prime minister
Anushavan Danielyan
service end2007
service start1990

Topical connections

Arayik HarutyunyanPolitician
Anatoly ZinevichMilitary person

Bako Sahakyan on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6907012.stm
  2. http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2007/07/5AB1D4CC-801C-4C28-A555-FED4C1732669.ASP
  3. http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070719050909.daajqylf&cat=france
  4. http://www.president.nkr.am
  5. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/07/56603197-2EDA-49B1-A205-1D105401C88F.html