Ashot Manucharyan Explained

Ashot Manucharyan (born 1954 in Yerevan) is an Armenian educator, democratic socialist^{[1] [2]} politician, and one of the founding members of the Karabakh Committee.^[3] After the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991, he served as Minister of Internal Affairs from 1991 to 1992 and as Levon Ter-Petrosyan's National Security Adviser until 1993.^[4] Together with Ashot Dabaghyan and Ashot Bleyan, Manucharyan co-founded School No. 183, later known as the Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, which stresses a humanistic approach to education.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Libaridian, Gerald J.. Modern Armenia: People, Nation, State. 2007. Transaction Publishers. New Brunswick, N.J.. 9781412813518. 230.
2. Book: Smith, Hedrick. Hedrick Smith

   . Hedrick Smith. The New Russians. Random House. New York. 1990. 330. 978-0394581903.

3. Book: Smith. The New Russians. 328.
4. Book: de Waal, Thomas. Thomas de Waal

   . Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War, 10th Year Anniversary Edition, Revised and Updated. 2013. NYU Press. 9780814785782. 115. Thomas de Waal.

5. Book: Malkasian, Mark. "Gha-ra-bagh!": The Emergence of the National Democratic Movement in Armenia. Wayne State University Press. Detroit. 1996. 79–81. 978-0814326046.