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Vazgen Sargsyan (Sparapet) was born on 5 March, 1959 in Ararat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union, is an Armenian military commander, politician (1959–1999). Discover Vazgen Sargsyan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?

Popular As Sparapet
Occupation Politicianmilitary commanderteacherwriter
Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 5 March 1959
Birthday 5 March
Birthplace Ararat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 27 October, 1999
Died Place Yerevan, Armenia
Nationality Armenia

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1826

His ancestors had moved to Ararat from Maku, northern Iran, following the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28.

1959

Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan (Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician.

Vazgen Sargsyan was born in Ararat village, Soviet Armenia, near the Turkish border, on 5 March 1959, to Greta and Zaven Sargsyan.

1976

After finishing secondary school in his village, he attended the Yerevan Institute of Physical Culture from 1976 to 1979.

1979

He worked as a physical education teacher at the secondary school in Ararat from 1979 to 1983.

Therefore, he was exempt from conscription in the Soviet army.

1980

He rose to prominence during the mass movement for the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia in the late 1980s and led Armenian volunteer groups during the early clashes with Azerbaijani forces.

He wrote his first novel in 1980, and became a member of the Writers Union of Armenia in 1985.

However, his literary career did not last long and ended in the late 1980s.

The relative democratization of the Soviet regime under Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika policies since the mid-1980s gave rise to nationalism in the republics of the Soviet Union.

In Armenia, the Karabakh movement gained widespread public support.

Armenians demanded the Soviet authorities unify the mostly Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of Azerbaijan with Armenia.

1983

From 1983 to 1986, he was the Young Communist League (Komsomol) leader at the Ararat Cement Factory.

An amateur writer, Sargsyan developed a literary and active social life.

1986

From 1986 to 1989, he headed the publicity department of the («Գարուն», "Spring") literary monthly in Yerevan.

In 1986, his first book, («Հացի փորձություն», Bread temptation), was published, for which he was awarded by the Armenian Komsomol.

A number of his works were published in journals.

1988

In February 1988, the NKAO regional legislature requested the transfer of the region from the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan SSR to Armenian SSR, but it was rejected by the Politburo.

Tensions between Armenians and Azerbaijanis further escalated with the pogrom in Sumgait.

With both groups arming themselves, clashes became frequent, especially in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh and the border areas of the two Soviet republics.

1989

In 1989 and 1990, Sargsyan took the command of Armenian volunteer groups fighting near Yeraskh, on the Armenian-Azerbaijani (Nakhchivan) border, not far from his hometown.

1990

By January 1990, he became part of the leadership of the Pan-Armenian National Movement.

1991

He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999.

Appointed defence minister by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan soon after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in late 1991, Sargsyan became the most prominent commander of Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

1994

In different positions, he regulated the military operations in the war area until 1994, when a ceasefire was reached ending the war with Armenian forces controlling almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts.

In the post-war years, Sargsyan tightened his grip on the Armed Forces of Armenia, establishing himself as a virtual strongman.

1996

After strongly supporting Ter-Petrosyan to retain power in 1996, he forced the president out of office in 1998 due to the latter's support for concessions in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement negotiations, and helped Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan to be elected president.

After his relations with Kocharyan deteriorated, Sargsyan merged the influential war veterans group Yerkrapah into the Republican Party and joined forces with Armenia's ex-communist leader Karen Demirchyan.

1999

He served as Armenia's Prime Minister from 11 June 1999 until his assassination on 27 October of that year.

In the May 1999 elections, their reform-minded alliance secured a comfortable majority in the National Assembly.

Sargsyan became prime minister, emerging as the de facto decision-maker in Armenia with effective control of the military and the legislature.

Sargsyan, along with Demirchyan and several others, was assassinated in the Armenian parliament shooting of 27 October 1999.

The perpetrators were sentenced to life in prison.

However, the distrust toward the trial process gave birth to a number of conspiracy theories.

Some experts and politicians argue that their assassination was masterminded by Kocharyan and National Security Minister Serzh Sargsyan.

Others have suspected the possible involvement of foreign powers in the shooting.

Despite his mixed legacy, Sargsyan is now widely recognized as a national hero across the political spectrum and by the public.

Given the honorific Sparapet, he made significant contributions to the establishment of Armenia as independent state and ensuring its security as the founder of the Armenian Army.

He has also been criticized by human rights organizations for being undemocratic, especially for his role in elections.

Sargsyan was awarded the highest titles of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh—National Hero of Armenia and Hero of Artsakh.