Bako Sahakyan
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 is the longest-serving president of Artsakh.
Bako Sahakyan | |
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| Բակո Սահակյան | |
Sahakyan in 2008 | |
| 3rd President of Artsakh | |
| In office 7 September 2007 – 21 May 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Anushavan Danielyan Arayik Harutyunyan |
| Preceded by | Arkadi Ghukasyan |
| Succeeded by | Arayik Harutyunyan |
| Interior Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh | |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| President | Arkadi Ghukasyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 August 1960 Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Artsakh University |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army Artsakh Defence Army |
| Years of service | 1978-1980 1990–2007 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | First Nagorno-Karabakh War |
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.
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