Edvard Asryan

Chief of General Staff of RA

Date and Place of Birth։

May 22, 1977, in Azokh, NKR

Education:

1983-1994 Studied and graduated with honours from the secondary school of Azokh village, Hadrut region, NKR
1994-1999 Studied at Artsakh State University (distance study)
2004-2006 Studied and graduated with honours from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
September-November 2018 Courses of the Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces
2021 Courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Federation

Work Experience։

1994-2021 Held various leadership positions in the Armed Forces
2015-2017 Deputy Head of the Military University after V. Sargsyan, Head of the Department of Combined Arms
2017-2019 Deputy Head of the Operational Department of the Armed Forces
November 29, 2019 Head of the Operational Department of the Main Operational Department of the Armed Forces of the General Staff
October 30, 2020 Awarded military rank of "major-general"
May 21, 2021 Appointed Head of the Operational ain Department-Deputy Head of the Armed Forces of the General Staff by the decree of the RA President
July 14, 2022 Appointed Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces by the decree of the RA President
July 3, 2023 Awarded military rank of Lieutenant-General

Other Information:

Awarded state and ministerial medals, certificates of honour

Family status:

Married, father of two children