Chief of the General Staff (Armenia)

The Chief of the General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces (Armenian: ՀՀ Զինված ուժերի Գլխավոր շտաբի պետ, romanized: HH Zinvats uzheri Glkhavor shtabi pet) is the highest-ranking military officer of the Armed Forces of Armenia, who is responsible for maintaining the operational command of the military and its three major branches.^[1]

Chief of the General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces
ՀՀ Զինված ուժերի Գլխավոր շտաբի պետ
Incumbent Major General Edvard Asryan since 15 July 2022
Ministry of Defence
Member of	General Staff
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	President of Armenia
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Armenia
Formation	1992
First holder	Gurgen Dalibaltayan
Deputy	First Deputy Chief of General Staff
Website	Ministry of Defense of Armenia

List of Chiefs

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Dalibaltayan, GurgenColonel general Gurgen Dalibaltayan (1926–2015)	1991	1992	0–1 years	–
2		Ter-Grigoryants, NoratLieutenant general Norat Ter-Grigoryants (born 1936)	10 August 1992	1993	0–1 years	–
3		Andreasyan, HrachyaLieutenant general Hrachya Andreasyan [ru] (1932–1999)	1993	12 May 1994	0–1 years	–
4		Harutyunyan, MikaelColonel general Mikael Harutyunyan (born 1946)	12 May 1994	24 April 2007	12 years, 347 days	–
5		Ohanyan, SeyranColonel general Seyran Ohanyan (born 1962)	11 May 2007	14 April 2008	339 days	–
6		Khatchaturov, YuriColonel general Yuri Khatchaturov (born 1952)	14 April 2008	3 September 2016	8 years, 142 days	–
7		Hakobyan, MovsesLieutenant general Movses Hakobyan (born 1965)	3 September 2016	24 May 2018	1 year, 263 days	[2][3]
8		Davtyan, ArtakLieutenant general Artak Davtyan (born 1970)	24 May 2018	8 June 2020	2 years, 15 days	[4][5]
9		Gasparyan, OnikColonel general Onik Gasparyan (born 1970)	8 June 2020	10 March 2021	275 days	[6][7]
–		Galstyan, StepanLieutenant general Stepan Galstyan [hy] (born 1963) Acting	10 March 2021	22 March 2021	12 days	[8]
(8)		Davtyan, ArtakLieutenant general Artak Davtyan (born 1970)	22 March 2021	24 February 2022	339 days	[9][10]
10		Asryan, EdvardMajor general Edvard Asryan	14 July 2022		3 years, 34 days	[11][12]

See also

• Armenian Armed Forces
• Ministry of Defence of Armenia
• Armenian Army
• Armenian Air Force