Arkady Ghukassian

Born in 1957. In September 1997, he was elected President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Before his election in 1993-1997, Ghukassian headed the NKR Foreign Office and represented the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in the negotiations within the framework of the OSCE. He was reelected President of NKR in 2002 elections.