93,820 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Vazgen Sargsyan

✓ Source-basedfalling

Military commander, politician (1959-1999)

PoliticiansLived 1959 to 1999 · aged 40
Compare
Fame54.8
Momentum1.4
Languages28
In century#18,117

Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's prime minister from 11 June 1999 until his assassination on 27 October of that year.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 12

Armenian soldiers in Karabakh, early 1990s.Armenian soldiers in Karabakh, early 1990s.The 1994 ceasefire ended the First Nagorno-Karabakh War with the Armenian forces establishing de facto control on the disputed areaThe 1994 ceasefire ended the First Nagorno-Karabakh War with the Armenian forces establishing de facto control on the disputed areaThe Armenian Armed Forces headed by Vazgen Sargsyan significantly influenced the outcome of four elections from 1995 to 1999.[45]The Armenian Armed Forces headed by Vazgen Sargsyan significantly influenced the outcome of four elections from 1995 to 1999.[45]Vazgen Sargsyan and other "hard-liners" forced President Levon Ter-Petrosyan to resign in 1998.Vazgen Sargsyan and other "hard-liners" forced President Levon Ter-Petrosyan to resign in 1998.With the support of Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan was elected president in 1998.With the support of Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan was elected president in 1998.Karen Demirchyan (left) and Vazgen Sargsyan (right) during the election campaign of the Unity bloc in May 1999.Karen Demirchyan (left) and Vazgen Sargsyan (right) during the election campaign of the Unity bloc in May 1999.The building of the National Assembly of ArmeniaThe building of the National Assembly of Armenia

Awards 3

Hero of Artsakh
National Hero of Armenia
Lenin Komsomol Prize

In their orbit 1

Connected to Vazgen 6

Serzh SargsyanAlso won Hero of ArtsakhKirk KerkorianAlso won National Hero of ArmeniaMonte MelkonianAlso won Hero of ArtsakhRobert KocharyanAlso won Hero of ArtsakhNikolai RyzhkovAlso won National Hero of ArmeniaEduardo EurnekianAlso won National Hero of Armenia

About this person

Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's prime minister from 11 June 1999 until his assassination on 27 October of that year. He rose to prominence during the mass movement for the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia in the late 1980s and led Armenian volunteer groups during the early clashes with Azerbaijani forces. Appointed defence minister by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan soon after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in late 1991, Sargsyan became the most prominent commander of Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In different positions, he regulated the military operations in the war area until 1994, when a ceasefire was reached ending the war with Armenian forces controlling almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts.

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1959 to 1999 · aged 40
Written about in
28 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.