Vagharshak Harutiunyan

Vagharshak Harutiunyan
Վաղարշակ Հարությունյան
Harutiunyan in 2022
Ambassador of Armenia to Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 January 2022
Preceded by	Vardan Toghanyan
Minister of Defence
In office 20 November 2020 – 3 August 2021
President	Armen Sarkissian
Prime Minister	Nikol Pashinyan
Preceded by	David Tonoyan
Succeeded by	Arshak Karapetyan
In office 11 June 1999 – 20 May 2000
President	Robert Kocharyan
Preceded by	Vazgen Sargsyan
Succeeded by	Serzh Sargsyan
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 1991–1992
President	Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Personal details
Born	(1956-04-28) 28 April 1956 (age 68) Akhalkalaki, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Hanrapetutyun Party
Alma mater	Soviet Union General Staff Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Armenia
Branch/service	Soviet Armed Forces Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service	1974-2002 2019–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Vagharshak Varnazi Harutiunyan (Armenian: Վաղարշակ Վառնազի Հարությունյան; born 28 April 1956) is an Armenian military figure and politician currently serving as Armenia's ambassador to Russia. He previously served as the Defence Minister of Armenia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2020 to 2021.