Artak Davtyan

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Artak Davtyan
Artak M. Davtyan.jpg
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
Assumed office
March 22, 2021
Disputed with Onik Gasparyan
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byOnik Gasparyan
In office
May 24, 2018 – June 8, 2020
PresidentArmen Sarkissian
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byMovses Hakobyan
Succeeded byOnik Gasparyan
Personal details
Born (1970-03-31) March 31, 1970 (age 51)
Bambakashat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
AllegianceArmenia Armenia
Branch/serviceArmmil zinanshan.jpg Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service1990–present
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War

Artak Matevosi Davtyan (Armenian: Արտակ Մաթևոսի Դավթյան; born in 1970 in Bambakashat) is an Armenian Lieutenant General who is currently serving as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces. He previously held this position from May 2018 until his dismissal in June 2020.[1] He was reappointed Chief of the General Staff in March 2021.[2]

Early life and military service[]

Artak Davtyan was born in 1970 in the village of Bambakashat, in the Hoktemberyan Region (now the Armavir Province) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. He took part in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War from 1988 to 1992, quickly rising through the ranks of the newly formed Armenian Army. Starting in 1992, Davtyan began to serve as either the commander or deputy commander of various military units. During that same time, he was also enrolled in military academies in Russia.

In 2006, Davtyan began to work at the departments of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces. On January 31, 2009, he was appointed head of the operative department and was relieved of his duties as Deputy Chief of the General Staff, a position he served in since 2007. On 29 September 2017, Davtyan was appointed commander of the 5th Army Corps of the Armenian Defense Ministry based in the Nubarashen District.

Appointment to high positions[]

He served in the position of 5th Army Corps commander until he was recommended to the post of Chief of Staff by recently elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who dismissed Lieutenant General Movses Hakobyan from the post on May 24, 2018. He officially took office later that day by presidential decree.[3][4][5][6] He was dismissed from his post as Chief of the General Staff after hosting a wedding party for his son in violation of COVID-19 restrictions.[7] Davtyan was then appointed Chairman of the Military Industry Committee of Armenia on 17 July 2020.[8] On 16 November 2020, he was dismissed from that post following Armenia's defeat in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.[9]

On 10 March 2021, Prime Minister Pashinyan again nominated Davtyan for the post of Chief of the General Staff following the controversial dismissal of Davtyan's successor Onik Gasparyan.[10] Although President of Armenia Armen Sarksyan refused to approve Davtyan's appointment and the Administrative Court of Armenia ruled that Gasparyan should retain his post pending a final decision on the legality of his dismissal, Prime Minister Pashinyan announced that the appointment of Davtyan had gone into effect by force of law on 22 March 2021, as the President neither signed the order nor sent it to the country's Constitutional Court.[2][11] The Premier introduced him to the General Staff on 22 March, stating that he had "kept in touch all this time" and that "It was obvious to me that we should re-engage him to benefit from his potential in managing our public affairs."[12] Davtyan then declared that he is "confident that the Armed Forces will not take part in any political process not stipulated by the Constitution and laws."[12]

Education[]

Awards[]

  • First Degree Medal for Services to Homeland
  • Medal of Honor of the Republic of Armenia
  • Vardan Mamikonyan Medal

References[]

  1. ^ "Artak Davtyan appointed Armenian army chief". News.am. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. ^ a b Kocharyan, Stepan (2021-03-22). "Prime Minister says Lt. General Artak Davtyan's appointment as army chief is coming into force". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  3. ^ "Artak Davtyan is Armenian army's new Chief of the General Staff". mediamax.am. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  4. ^ "ՀՀ ՊՆ - Artak Davtyan". www.mil.am. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  5. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Նախագահ [պաշտոնական կայք]". xn--y9aaah2cva0b.xn--y9a3aq. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  6. ^ "Արտակ Դավթյանը նշանակվել է ՀՀ ՊՆ 5-րդ բանակային կորպուսի հրամանատար". Tert.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  7. ^ "Pashinyan fires top security officials after wedding party". OC Media. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  8. ^ "Armenian PM appoints Artak Davtyan Chairman of Military Industry Committee". Armenpress. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  9. ^ "Chief of Armenia's Military Industry Committee dismissed". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  10. ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (2021-03-10). "PM nominates Artak Davtyan for the post of Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  11. ^ "Court Reaffirms Ruling to Reinstate Army Chief". Asbarez.com. 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  12. ^ a b ""The Armed Forces must move on without looking back at all"– PM Introduces Newly Appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces". www.primeminister.am. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
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