Ishkhan Saghatelyan
Ishkhan Vachiki Saghatelyan (Armenian: Իշխան Վաչիկի Սաղաթելյան; born May 6, 1982) is an Armenian politician who has served as a deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia from the opposition Armenia Alliance since August 2, 2021. He served as deputy speaker the National Assembly from August 6, 2021 until his removal from the position on July 2, 2022. He is the current chair of the Supreme Council of Armenia of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).
Ishkhan Saghatelyan | |
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| Իշխան Սաղաթելյան | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| Assumed office August 2, 2021 | |
| Parliamentary group | Armenia Alliance |
| Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia | |
| In office August 6, 2021 – July 2, 2022 Serving with Hakob Arshakyan and Ruben Rubinyan | |
| President | Alen Simonyan |
| Preceded by | Alen Simonyan Lena Nazaryan Vahe Enfiajyan |
| Governor of Gegharkunik Province | |
| In office June 1, 2018 – October 3, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Botoyan |
| Succeeded by | Gnel Sanosyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 6, 1982 Geghamavan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University Armenian National Academy of Sciences |
| Occupation | Politician, political scientist |
He served as the governor of Gegharkunik Province from June 1, 2018, until October 3, 2018. Saghatelyan was the lead coordinator of the Homeland Salvation Movement, which led protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after the end of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Saghatelyan is one of the leaders of the Armenia Alliance, an electoral coalition between the ARF, ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, and the newly established Reborn Armenia party. The coalition came in second in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary election held on June 20, 2021.