Davit Ishkhanyan Explained

Davit Ishkhanyan
Office:Acting President of Artsakh
Term Start:1 September 2023
Term End:10 September 2023
Primeminister:Samvel Shahramanyan
Predecessor:Arayik Harutyunyan
Successor:Samvel Shahramanyan
Office1:President of the National Assembly of Artsakh
President1:Arayik Harutyunyan
Himself (acting)
Samvel Shahramanyan
Predecessor1:Arthur Tovmasyan
Successor1:Office abolished
Term Start1:7 August 2023
Term End1:3 October 2023
Birth Date:27 December 1968
Birth Place:Ashan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union
Party:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Alma Mater:Artsakh University
Branch:Soviet Army
Artsakh Defence Army
Serviceyears:1987–1989
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.[1] [2]

Political career

On 7 August 2023, Ishkhanyan was elected President of the National Assembly.[3] Pursuant to Artsakh constitution article 98,[4] [5] 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bako Sahakyan, Arkady Gukasyan, David Ishkhanyan were detained and brought to Baku . 3 October 2023 . Azeri Press Agency . 3 October 2023.
  2. News: Azerbaijan detains Arayik Harutyunyan - so-called former "leader" of separatists in Garabagh . 3 October 2023 . Azeri Press Agency . 3 October 2023.
  3. Web site: ARF's Davit Ishkanyan Elected Artsakh Parliament Speaker. 2023-09-02.
  4. Web site: 2019-05-21 . Chapter 4: The President of the Republic . 2023-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190521033731/https://www.nkr.am/en/chapter-IV-president-of-republic . 2019-05-21 . . 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. . live.
  5. Web site: 2023-08-07 . ARF Bureau Member Davit Ishkhanyan Elected as President of Artsakh’s National Assembly . 2023-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930214559/https://www.oragark.com/arf-bureau-member-davit-ishkhanyan-elected-as-president-of-artsakhs-national-assembly/ . 2023-09-30 . ARF Western USA Oragark . ...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... . live.
  6. Web site: Anna . 2023-09-06 . Three opposition factions of Artsakh nominate Samvel Shahramanyan as a presidential candidate . 2023-09-07 . Alphanews . en-US.
  7. News: Artsakh parliament elects Samvel Shahramanyan as president . 9 September 2023 . Arka . 9 September 2023.
  8. News: Սամվել Շահրամանյանն ընտրվել է ԱՀ նախագահ . 9 September 2023 . Arka . 9 September 2023 . hy.