Samvel Babakyan
Samvel ( hy, Սամվել) is a name. It may refer to: *Samvel Babayan (born 1965), leader of the Dashink political party in Artsakh *Samvel Darbinyan, Armenian football coach *Samvel Gasparov (born 1938), Soviet/Russian film director and short story writer *Samvel Karapetian, Armenian historian, researcher, and architecture expert *Samvel Melkonyan (born 1984), Armenian football midfielder *Samvel Petrosyan, Armenian football manager * Samvel Shoukourian (born 1950), computer scientist, academician of NAS RA *Samvel Tumanyan (born 1949), Armenian politician *Samvel Yervinyan (born 1966), musician and composer See also *Samuel (name) Samuel ( Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl'') is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. From its appearance it seems to have the meaning of "God has set" or "God has placed", appearing to derive from ... {{given name Armenian masculine given names [Baidu]  

Samvel Babayan
Samvel Andraniki Babayan ( hy, Սամվել Անդրանիկի Բաբայան; born 5 March 1965) is an Armenian military commander and politician from Nagorno-Karabakh. He was one of the founders and main commanders of the Artsakh Defence Army during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and became a hero among Armenians for the military victories achieved under his command. Following the war, he served as the Defense Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1994 to 2000. During this period, Babayan "became not only the military leader but the most powerful man in Karabakh overall, controlling its government and economy" until his arrest and imprisonment in 2000 on charges of attempting to assassinate Arkadi Ghukasyan, President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Babayan was released from prison early in 2004. He served as Secretary of the Security Council of Artsakh from May 2020 until November 2020, when he resigned after the defeat of the Armenian side in the 2020 Nagorno-Kara ...
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