State Minister of Artsakh
Political position
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The State Minister of Artsakh was a political post in the government of Republic of Artsakh. The position was introduced after constitutional amendments, which were approved in a constitutional referendum in 2017, and after the Prime Minister of Artsakh post was abolished.
| State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh | |
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| Արցախի հանրապետության պետական նախարար (Armenian) | |
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| Member of | Cabinet of Artsakh |
| Seat | Stepanakert |
| Appointer | President of Artsakh |
| Inaugural holder | Arayik Harutyunyan |
| Formation | 25 September 2017 |
| Website | gov |
Following the Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024,[1] however instead of dissolving, they established a government-in-exile in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, has since severely opposed the government-in-exile's existence in Armenia.[3][4]
List of state ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term | Political party | President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 |  |
Arayik Harutyunyan (born 1973) |
25 September 2017 | 6 June 2018 | 254 days | Free Motherland | Bako Sahakyan (Cabinet) | |
| 2 |  |
Grigory Martirosyan (born 1978)[5] |
6 June 2018 | 1 June 2021 | 2 years, 360 days | Independent | ||
| 3 | |
Artak Beglaryan (born 1988) |
3 June 2021 | 3 November 2022 | 1 year, 153 days | Independent | Arayik Harutyunyan (Cabinet) | |
| 4 |  |
Ruben Vardanyan (born 1968) |
4 November 2022 | 23 February 2023 | 111 days | Independent | ||
| 5 | |
Gurgen Nersisyan (born 1985) |
24 February 2023 | 31 August 2023 | 188 days | Independent | ||
| 6 | |
Samvel Shahramanyan (born 1978) |
31 August 2023 | 10 September 2023 | 10 days | Independent | Davit Ishkhanyan | |
| 7 | |
Artur Harutyunyan (born 1979) |
18 September 2023 | 20 May 2025 | 1 year, 245 days | Free Motherland | Samvel Shahramanyan | |
| 8 | |
Nzhdeh Iskandaryan[6][hy] | 20 May 2025 | Incumbent | Independent | Ashot Danielyan | ||
