![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Bako_Sahakyan%252C_President_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh_%2528cropped%2529.jpg/640px-Bako_Sahakyan%252C_President_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh_%2528cropped%2529.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Bako Sahakyan
3rd President of Artsakh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Bako Sahakyan?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Bako Sahaki Sahakyan[lower-alpha 1] (Armenian: Բակո Սահակի Սահակյան; born 30 August 1960) is an Armenian politician who served as the third president of the de facto-independent Republic of Artsakh from 2007 to 2020. He is the longest-serving president of Artsakh.
Bako Sahakyan | |
---|---|
Բակո Սահակյան | |
![]() Sahakyan in 2008 | |
3rd President of Artsakh | |
In office 7 September 2007 – 21 May 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Anushavan Danielyan Arayik Harutyunyan |
Preceded by | Arkadi Ghukasyan |
Succeeded by | Arayik Harutyunyan |
Interior Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh | |
In office 1999–2001 | |
President | Arkadi Ghukasyan |
Personal details | |
Born | (1960-08-30) 30 August 1960 (age 63) Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Artsakh University |
Military service | |
Branch/service | ![]() ![]() |
Years of service | 1978-1980 1990–2007 |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | First Nagorno-Karabakh War |
He was first elected as president on 19 July 2007. On 19 July 2012, he was re-elected for a second five-year term, receiving approximately two-thirds of the votes.[1] In 2017, he was re-elected indirectly for a three-year term. Sahakyan replaced Arkadi Ghukasyan, who had held the presidential post for two five-year terms.
On October 3, 2023, Azerbaijan detained Bako Sahakyan from the territory of Artsakh, and since that moment he has been held in Baku as a captivity.[2]