Gurgen Nersisyan

Gurgen Nersisyan
Գուրգեն Ներսիսյան
State Minister of Artsakh
In office
24 February 2023 – 31 August 2023
PresidentArayik Harutyunyan
Preceded byRuben Vardanyan
Succeeded bySamvel Shahramanyan
Personal details
Born (1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 (age 39)
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union

Gurgen Garniki Nersisyan (Armenian: Գուրգեն Գառնիկի Ներսիյան; born 15 October 1985) is an Armenian politician from the Republic of Artsakh. He was the State Minister of Artsakh from February to August 2023. He also served as the Prosecutor General of Artsakh from 2021 to 2023.

Early life and education

Nersisyan was born on 15 October 1985 in Stepanakert, in what was then the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.[1] He studied at School No. 10 named after Isahakyan and graduated from Artsakh University in 2007.[2]

Political career

Nersisyan began his career in 2007 in the prosecutor's office of Artsakh, where he worked in various positions.[2] On 11 February 2021, he was elected Prosecutor General by the National Assembly.[3] After the resignation of Ruben Vardanyan from the post of State Minister, President Arayik Harutyunyan appointed Nersisyan to the vacated position on 23 February 2023.[4] He held on to this post until 31 August 2023.[5]

Personal life

Nersisyan is married, has a son and two daughters.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Գուրգեն Գառնիկի Ներսիյան" (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "ԳՈՒՐԳԵՆ ԳԱՌՆԻԿԻ ՆԵՐՍԻՍՅԱՆ | ԱՐՑԱԽԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԴԱՏԱԽԱԶՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ". prosecutornk.am (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  3. ^ "Гурген Нерсисян избран генпрокурором Республики Арцах". news.am (in Russian). 2023-10-04. Archived from the original on 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  4. ^ "Варданян заявил о намерении остаться в Нагорном Карабахе после отставки из кабмина". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 2023-02-23. Archived from the original on 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  5. ^ "Араик Арутюнян назначил нового госминистра Арцаха". armenpress.am (in Russian). 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2023-10-03.


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