# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitaly-balasanyan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:17:49.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitaly-balasanyan"
name: "Vitaly Balasanyan"
slug: "vitaly-balasanyan"
description: "Vitaly Mikhaili Balasanyan is an Artsakhi politician and retired general. He served as the head of the National Security Council of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh from November 2016 to November 2019 and again from December 2020 to January 2023. For his services in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, he was awarded the country's highest title, Hero of Artsakh. He previously served as a member of Artsakh's National Assembly. He twice ran, unsuccessfully, for the office of President of Artsakh."
tagline: "Artsakh politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vitali_Balasanyan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-03-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.49
  momentum:             2.535612535612536
  historical:           7.21584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Balasanyan"
    title: "Vitali Balasanyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Balasanyan"
    title: "Vitali Balasanyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witali_Balasanjan"
    title: "Witali Balasanjan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Balasanyan"
    title: "Vitaly Balasanyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ویتالی بالاسانیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վիտալի Բալասանյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Balasanyan"
    title: "Vitaly Balasanyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Баласанян, Виталий Микаелович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4076418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump