Andranik Artavazd Makaryan ( hy, Անդրանիկ Արտավազդի Մակարյան) is an
Armenian Army
The Armed Forces of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի զինված ուժեր, Hayastani zinvats uzher), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army ( hy, Հայկական Բանակ, Haykakan Banak), is the national military of Armenia. It consist ...
lieutenant general
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
. He is a Deputy Chief of the
Armed Forces General Staff. He has also held various senior positions in the armed forces.
Early career
He was born on 12 May 1966 in the village of
Chinari, in the rayon of
Shamshadin
The Shamshadin District ( hy, Շամշադինի շրջան) was a ''raion'' (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1929 and later in 1991 of the Republic of Armenia until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district to ...
of the
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
. He served in the
Soviet Army
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from 1984 to 1986. In 1991, he graduated from the
Higher School of the KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
(now the FSB Academy). After graduating, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the
Hoktemberyan Border Detachment of the Transcaucasian District of the
Soviet Border Troops
The Soviet Border Troops (russian: Пограничные войска СССР, Pogranichnyye voyska SSSR) were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the ''Cheka''/State Political Di ...
. After the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, he joined the
Armenian Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի զինված ուժեր, Hayastani zinvats uzher), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army ( hy, Հայկական Բանակ, Haykakan Banak), is the national military of Armenia. It consist ...
in March 1992. From 1995 to 1998 he studied at the
Frunze Military Academy
The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...
. In 2006 he entered the
Russian General Staff Academy, graduating with honors.
Further career
In 2010, he was appointed by
Bako Sahakyan
Bako Sahaki Sahakyan ( hy, Բակո Սահակի Սահակյան; born 30 August 1960) is an Artsakhi politician who served as the third president of the ''de facto''-independent Republic of Artsakh from 2007 to 2020. He is the longest-serving p ...
as Deputy Commander of
Artsakh Defence Army
The Artsakh Defence Army ( hy, Արցախի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության բանակ, Artsakhi Hanrapetut’yan pashtpanut’yan banak) is the defence force of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Est ...
.
From 20 July 2007 to June 2013, he was commander of the
5th Army Corps. From June 2013 to July 2016, he was commander of the
4th Army Corps.
He was also Commander of
United Group of Forces The United Group of Forces (; ) is a joint unit with the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Russian Armed Forces. It is composed of management bodies and units and formations of both militaries: the Russian 102nd Military Base and the Armenian Army's ...
, a joint unit between the
Russian 102nd Military Base
The Russian 102nd Military Base ( hy, Ռուսական 102-րդ ռազմակայան; russian: 102-я российская военная база) is a Russian military base in Gyumri, Armenia, under the command of the Southern Military Distric ...
and the 5th Army Corps. In September 2016, Major General Makaryan led the 25th anniversary of independence
military parade
A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvering known as drilling or marching. The military parade is now almost entirely ceremonial, though soldiers from time immemorial up until the lat ...
on
Republic Square in Yerevan, which was the biggest celebration in Armenia's history.
Since January 2018, he has been Head of the Department of Military Preparedness and Deputy Chief of Armed Forces General Staff.
He was awarded to the rank of Lieutenant-General in 2020 by the decree of President
Armen Sarksyan
Armen Vardani Sarkissian ( hy, Արմեն Վարդանի Սարգսյան; also written as Sarksyan and Sargsyan) (born 23 June 1952) is an Armenian politician, physicist and computer scientist who served as the 4th president of Armenia from 9 A ...
.
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Criminal investigations
On 9 March 2021, he became involved as a criminal case defendant. As a result, a month later, he was charged with negligence during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...
.
Awards
* Vardan Mamikonyan Order (2015)Գեներալ Մակարյանը պարգևատրվել է Սուրբ Վարդան Մամիկոնյանի շքանշանով
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* Medal "For Service to Homeland"
* Medal of Marshal Baghramyan
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* Medal of Vazgen Sargsyan
* Medal of Garegin Nzhdeh
* Medal of Andranik Ozanyan
* Medal of Drastamat Kanayan
* Medal "For Impeccable Service"
* Medal "20 Years of Armenian Armed Forces"
See also
* Grigory Khatchaturov
References
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Living people
Armenian generals
People from Tavush Province
1966 births
Frunze Military Academy alumni
Soviet border guards