Jalal Anatolii Harutyunyan is an Armenian general from the Republic of Artsakh who formerly served as Commander of the Artsakh Defense Army and Minister of Defense of Artsakh.
14 Facts About Jalal Harutyunyan
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Jalal Harutyunyan commanded the Artsakh Defense Army during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War until his dismissal on 27 October 2020 after being wounded in action.
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Jalal Harutyunyan was appointed Head of the Military Control Service of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia in February 2021.
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Jalal Harutyunyan was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment.
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Jalal Harutyunyan was born on 11 November 1974, in Badara, then a part of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in the Azerbaijan SSR.
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Jalal Harutyunyan has served in the Artsakh Defense Army since 5 November 1992, when he volunteered for service at the age of 17.
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Jalal Harutyunyan fought in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War from 1992 to 1994.
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Jalal Harutyunyan served in various positions in the Defense Army, primarily in artillery units such as the Assistant to the Head of Artillery Intelligence.
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Jalal Harutyunyan served as artillery chief of one of Artsakh's military districts.
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Jalal Harutyunyan made a call for battle during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war against Azerbaijan.
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On 27 October 2020, the president of Artsakh announced that Jalal Harutyunyan was relieved of his position after being wounded in fighting, replacing him with Mikael Arzumanyan.
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Jalal Harutyunyan was discharged from hospital in early December 2020.
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In January 2021, the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia announced that a criminal case had been opened already in October 2020 on the attempt on Jalal Harutyunyan's life made during the war, and stated that no one had been charged in connection with the case yet.
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Jalal Harutyunyan was found guilty, and on 7 February 2025 he was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment.