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Shavarsh Kocharyan

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Shavarsh Kocharyan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2008 – 17 November 2020
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Armen Sarksyan
Prime MinisterTigran Sargsyan
Hovik Abrahamyan
Karen Karapetyan
Nikol Pashinyan
Personal details
Born (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948 (age 76)
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]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.parliament.am/deputies.php?sel=details&ID=39&lang=eng Shavarsh KOCHARYAN National Assembly of Armenia
  2. ^ Shavarsh Kocharyan submitted resignation application on November 10 Aysor, 17 November 2020
  3. ^ Emil Danielyan and Hrach Melkumian (April 13, 2004). "Panic And Mass Arrests As Opposition Protest Suppressed". Azatutyun. Retrieved 17 July 2021.