Officially, Military and Sports College named after Monte Melkonian ( hy, Մոնթե Մելքոնյանի անվան ռազմամարզական վարժարան), is a high school and military educational institution operated by the Ministry of Defence of

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. It was founded in 1993 in

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and is currently based in

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since its relocation in 2017. The college is named after Lieutenant-Colonel

Monte Melkonian Monte Melkonian ( hy, Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան; November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was an Armenian-American revolutionary and left-wing nationalist militant. He was the leader of an offshoot of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation ...

, a

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killed in 1993 during the

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. Currently, 194 cadets are enrolled in the college, who come from all over

and the

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. The current director of the college is Gegham Sargsyan.

History

The school was founded in 1993 and was renamed after Monte Melkonian on July 28, 1994 following his death the previous year. The school was transferred to the

Ministry of Defence of Armenia The Ministry of Defence of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի պաշտպանության նախարարություն) often abbreviated to the RA Ministry of Defence is an Armenian governmental agency in charge of overseeing the development of the ...

in 1997, and was rebuilt as a secondary educational institution, similar to the

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and the

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President was present at the Military Parade dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s Independence 08

Since 2010, the college has been using a 2-year general education program from 10th to 12th grade. On January 27, 2013, Armenian Prime Minister

Tigran Sargsyan Tigran Sureni Sargsyan ( hy, Տիգրան Սուրենի Սարգսյան, born 29 January 1960) is an Armenian political figure who was Prime Minister of Armenia from 2008 to 2014. Previously he was Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia from 1 ...

transferred the administration of the college to the Ministry of Defense. On November 21, 2017, President

Serzh Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan ( hy, Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, ; born 30 June 1954)Of ...

attended the opening ceremony of the new facility of the school in the town of

, in memory of the 60th anniversary of Melkonian's birth. In early 2017, the "Pokr Mher" educational complex, which was founded in 2004 as a way to educate of homeless minors, was dissolved and integrated into the military college.

The academy facility

The school's main facility is located in the spa town of

, containing a training center, as well as an athletics hall, where cadets can play basketball, tennis, chess, and soccer. The facility also has a technology center, which provides information to cadets as well materials for their classes. The college's budget covers the food, the dormitories and the uniform of the cadets.

List of directors

* Lieutenant Colonel Alexan Minasyan (March 14, 1994 – July 29, 1997) * Major Siran Minasyan (July 29, 1997 – March 18, 2002) * Colonel Armen Sargsyan (September 2, 2002 – September 9, 2005) * Colonel Roland Keleshyan (September 9, 2005 – July 23, 2007) * Colonel Vitaly Voskanyan (July 23, 2007 – August 30, 2017) * Gegham Sargsyan (interim, August 30, 2017 – present)

References

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History

The academy facility

List of directors

See also

References