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Shavarsh Kocharyan
Armenian diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shavarsh Kocharyan (Armenian: Շավարշ Քոչարյան, born 3 April 1948, Yerevan, Armenia)[1] is an Armenian diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Quick Facts Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, President ...
Shavarsh Kocharyan | |
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 2008 – 17 November 2020 | |
President | Serzh Sargsyan Armen Sarksyan |
Prime Minister | Tigran Sargsyan Hovik Abrahamyan Karen Karapetyan Nikol Pashinyan |
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Born | (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948 (age 76) Yerevan, Armenia |
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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]