General Staff
The Armenian Armed Forces are Headquartered in Yerevan, where most of the general staff is based. Currently headed by Chief of Staff General Seyran Ohanian, the General Staff is responsible for operational command of the Armenian Military and its three major branches.
- Colonel-General Seyran Ohanyan - Defense Minister
- Colonel-General Yuri Khachaturov
- Colonel-General Mikael Harutyunyan - Chief Military Inspector and Presidential Advisor
- Colonel-General Gurgen Daribaltayan
- Colonel-General Harut Kassabian - Commader of Capital Guard
- Lieutenant-General Aghik Myurzabekyan
- Lieutenant-General Arthur Aghabekyan
- Lieutenant-General Gurgen Melkonyan
- Lieutenant-General Roland Kereshyan
In addition to the services listed above, Armenia established its own Internal Troops from the former Soviet Interior Troops after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Up until December 2002, Armenia maintained a Ministry of Internal Affairs, but along with the Ministry of National Security, it was reorganised as a non-ministrial institution. The two organisations became the Police of the Republic of Armenia and the National Security Service. In February 1999 the Deputy Minister of the Interior and Commander of the Internal Troops, Major General Artsrun Makarian, was found shot dead.
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