1. Artak Matevosi Davtyan is an Armenian Lieutenant General who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces from May 2018 to June 2020 and again from March 2021 to February 2022.
11 Facts About Artak Davtyan
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Artak Davtyan was born in 1970 in the village of Bambakashat, in the Hoktemberyan region of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Artak Davtyan took part in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War from 1988 to 1992, quickly rising through the ranks of the newly formed Armenian Army.
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In 2006, Artak Davtyan began to work at the departments of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces.
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On 29 September 2017, Artak Davtyan was appointed commander of the 5th Army Corps of the Armenian Defense Ministry based in the Nubarashen District.
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Artak Davtyan 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.
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Artak Davtyan officially took office later that day by presidential decree.
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Artak Davtyan 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.
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Artak Davtyan was then appointed Chairman of the Military Industry Committee of Armenia on 17 July 2020.
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In January 2022, it was revealed that Artak Davtyan is one of the accused, along with former minister of defense David Tonoyan, arms dealer Davit Galstyan and a number of other high-ranking Armenian officers, in a criminal case related to the sale of non-functioning missiles to the Armenian Army.
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Artak Davtyan was dismissed from his position as Chief of the General Staff on February 24,2022.