In Armenia, New Minister of Defense and Chief of General Staff

By the decree of the President of Armenia, Vigen Sargsyan was appointed Minister of Defense. Previously, he served as head of the presidential administration.

By another decree, Sargsyan released Yuri Khachaturov from the post of Chief of General Staff. He will head the Council of National Security.

In his place was appointed a former commander of the armed forces of Karabakh Movses Hakobyan.

The new defense minister is not a military man. Vigen Sargsyan was born on May 10 1975. On October 17, 2011 he became the head of the President Administration. Over the years, he served as deputy head of the presidential administration, assistant to the President. In 2000-2003 he served in the armed forces of Armenia as the assistant secretary of defense.

He was an assistant to the chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. In 1998-2000 he studied at the School of Law and Diplomacy Fletcher, Tufts University and Harvard. He graduated from Yerevan State University with a degree in the history of diplomacy. In 1992-1996 he studied in St. Petersburg, North-West Academy of Civil Service of the specialization Human Resource Management.  -02D-