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Vazgen
Vazgen ( hy, Վազգեն) is a given name and may refer to: *Vazgen I of Bucharest, born Levon Garabed Baljian (1908–1994), the Catholicos of All Armenians 1955–1994 *Vazgen Azrojan (born 1977), retired Armenian ice dancer *Vazgen Manasyan (born 1958), Tajikistani professional football coach and a former player *Vazgen Manukyan (born 1946), the first Prime Minister of Armenia, from 1990 to 1991 *Vazgen Muradian (1921–2018), Armenian born Armenian-American neo-classicist composer *Vazgen Safarian (born 1954), retired Iranian Armenian football player *Vazgen Safaryants (born 1984), Belarusian amateur boxer of Armenian origin *Vazgen Sargsyan (1959–1999), Armenian military commander and politician See also *Vazgen Sargsyan House-Museum, a house-museum located in the Ararat village of Ararat Province, Armenia *Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium also known as the Republican Stadium *Vazgen Sargsyan Military University under the Ministry of Defense of Armenia *Vagen (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vazgen Sargsyan
Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan ( hy, Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's Prime Minister from 11 June 1999 until his assassination on 27 October of that year. He rose to prominence during the mass movement for the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia in the late 1980s and led Armenian volunteer groups during the early clashes with Azerbaijani forces. Appointed defence minister by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan soon after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in late 1991, Sargsyan became the most prominent commander of Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In different positions, he regulated the military operations in the war area until 1994, when a ceasefire was reached ending the war with Armenian forces controlling almost all of Nagorno-Karab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
