Shavarsh Kocharyan Explained

Shavarsh Kocharyan
Office1:Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
President1:Serzh Sargsyan
Armen Sarksyan
Term Start1:2008
Term End1:17 November 2020
Primeminister2:Tigran Sargsyan
Hovik Abrahamyan
Karen Karapetyan
Nikol Pashinyan
Birth Date:3 April 1948
Birth Place:Yerevan, Armenia

Shavarsh Kocharyan (Armenian: Շավարշ Քոչարյան, born 3 April 1948, Yerevan, Armenia)[1] is an Armenian diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

On November 10, 2020, during the political crisis caused by the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement he submitted his resignation, being accepted on November 17.[2]

In the early hours of April 13, 2004, Shavarsh Kocharyan as an opposition MP was taken into police custody during a violent crackdown on opposition protests.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=39&lang=eng Shavarsh KOCHARYAN National Assembly of Armenia
  2. https://www.aysor.am/en/news/2020/11/17/kocharyan-resignation/1773399 Shavarsh Kocharyan submitted resignation application on November 10
  3. News: Emil Danielyan and Hrach Melkumian . Panic And Mass Arrests As Opposition Protest Suppressed . 17 July 2021 . Azatutyun . April 13, 2004.