Artur Mkrtchyan

Artur Mkrtchyan Արթուր Մկրտչյան

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
In office 8 January 1992 – 14 April 1992
Prime Minister	Oleg Yesayan
Preceded by	Leonard Petrosyan
Succeeded by	Georgi Petrosian (acting)

Personal details
Born	(1959-02-16)16 February 1959 Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh, Soviet Union
Died	14 April 1992(1992-04-14) (aged 33)
Political party	ARF
Alma mater	Yerevan State University

Artur Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Արթուր Մկրտչյան; 16 February 1959 – 14 April 1992) was the First Chairman of Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, elected on January 7, 1992.^[1] He made an important contribution to reinforcing defensive capability of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, but was fatally shot under unclear circumstances in April 1992.

References

↑ "Nagorno-Karabagh". University of Michigan-Dearborn. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-20. On January 8, 1992, Artur Mkrtchian was elected President and Oleg Yessaian as Prime Minister of Karabagh by Karabagh's Parliament. Note that this Presidency is not an independent office such as in the United States.

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 Anti-Azerbaijani sentiment in Armenia Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
Nagorno-Karabakh War	Askeran clash Sumgait pogrom Kirovabad pogrom Baku pogrom Battle of Kalbajar Capture of Shusha Black January Zvartnots Airport clash Siege of Stepanakert Khojaly Massacre Maraga massacre Mardakert and Martuni Offensives Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown 1992 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown Operation Goranboy Operation Ring 1993 Summer Offensives 1994 Bagratashen bombing
Post-war clashes	2008 Mardakert skirmishes February 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh skirmish 2010 Mardakert skirmishes 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes 2018 Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes
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-controlled territories Agdam District Fuzuli District Jabrayil District Kalbajar District Lachin District 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 Azerbaijan Ayaz Mutallibov Abulfaz Elchibey Heydar Aliyev Ilham Aliyev Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Bayram Safarov Nizami Bahmanov Russia Boris Yeltsin Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev Turkey Turgut Özal
Military leaders	Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan Gurgen Dalibaltayan Norat Ter-Grigoryants Jirair Sefilian Republic of Artsakh Samvel Babayan Kristapor Ivanyan Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan Monte Melkonian Azerbaijan Isgandar Hamidov Rahim Gaziyev Surat Huseynov Valeh Barshadly Russia Pavel Grachev Soviet Union Viktor Polyanichko 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
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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