Davit Ishkhanyan

Davit Ishkhanyan
Դավիթ Իշխանյան
Acting President of Artsakh
In office
1[citation needed] September 2023[1] – 10 September 2023
Prime MinisterSamvel Shahramanyan
Preceded byArayik Harutyunyan
Succeeded bySamvel Shahramanyan
President of the National Assembly of Artsakh
In office
7 August 2023 – 3 October 2023
PresidentArayik Harutyunyan
Himself (acting)
Samvel Shahramanyan
Preceded byArthur Tovmasyan
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1968-12-27) 27 December 1968 (age 56)
Ashan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union
Political partyArmenian Revolutionary Federation
Alma materArtsakh University
Military service
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Artsakh Defence Army
Years of service1987–1989
1989–1995

Davit Rubeni Ishkhanyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Ռուբենի Իշխանյան; 27 December 1968) is an Armenian politician. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he was the President of the National Assembly of the breakaway state Republic of Artsakh from August to October 2023. He briefly served as acting President of Artsakh in September 2023.

On 3 October 2023, he and three former presidents of Artsakh, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan and Arayik Harutyunyan, were detained by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan and brought to Baku.[2][3]

Political career

On 7 August 2023, Ishkhanyan was elected President of the National Assembly.[4] Pursuant to Artsakh constitution article 98,[5][1] he also became acting president within three days following the September 1 resignation of President Arayik Harutyunyan, holding it up until the 2023 Artsakhian presidential election.[6] Samvel Shahramanyan would succeed Ishkhanyan in that post.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "ARF Bureau Member Davit Ishkhanyan Elected as President of Artsakh's National Assembly". ARF Western USA Oragark. 2023-08-07. Archived from the original on 2023-09-30. Retrieved 2023-09-30. ...according to the Constitution...in the event of the possible resignation of the Republic's President or the impossibility of performing his functions, the President/Speaker of the National Assembly becomes the acting President of the Republic...
  2. ^ "Bako Sahakyan, Arkady Gukasyan, David Ishkhanyan were detained and brought to Baku". Azeri Press Agency. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Azerbaijan detains Arayik Harutyunyan - so-called former "leader" of separatists in Garabagh". Azeri Press Agency. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ^ "ARF's Davit Ishkanyan Elected Artsakh Parliament Speaker". Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  5. ^ "Chapter 4: The President of the Republic". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Artsakh). 2019-05-21. Archived from the original on 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2023-10-02. The President of Republic shall submit his/her resignation to the National Assembly. The resignation shall come into force within three days, upon publication thereof as prescribed by law.
  6. ^ Anna (2023-09-06). "Three opposition factions of Artsakh nominate Samvel Shahramanyan as a presidential candidate". Alphanews. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ^ "Artsakh parliament elects Samvel Shahramanyan as president". Arka. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Սամվել Շահրամանյանն ընտրվել է ԱՀ նախագահ". Arka (in Armenian). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.


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