List of Defense Ministers of Armenia

The following list shows the Defense Ministers of Armenia .

No.	Portrait	Surname	Start of office	End of office	Political party	Remarks
Defense Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
1		Howhannes Hachverdjan	June 30, 1918	March 27, 1919	independent
2		Christopher Araratov	March 27, 1919	May 5, 1920	independent
3		Ruben Ter-Minasjan	May 5, 1920	November 24, 1920	Armenian Revolutionary Federation
4th		Drastamat Kanajan	November 24, 1920	December 2, 1920	Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Defense Minister of the Republic of Armenia
1		Wasken Zarkissyan	5th December 1991	October 20, 1992	Armenian All-National Movement
2		Wasgen Manukjan	October 20, 1992	August 21, 1993	National Democratic Union
3		Serzh Sargsyan	August 21, 1993	May 17, 1995	independent
4th		Wasken Zarkissyan	July 25, 1995	June 11, 1999	Republican Party of Armenia
5		Vagharschak Harutjunjan	June 11, 1999	May 20, 2000	independent
6th		Serzh Sargsyan	May 20, 2000	March 26, 2007	Republican Party of Armenia
7th		Mikael Harutunjan	April 4, 2007	April 14, 2008	independent
8th		Sejran Ohanjan	April 14, 2008	3rd October 2016	independent
9		Wigen Sargsyan	3rd October 2016	May 11, 2018	Republican Party of Armenia
10		David Tonoyan	May 11, 2018	in office	independent

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://allinnet.info/people/hovhannes-hakhverdyan-first-minister/ (accessed August 24, 2019)
2. ↑ https://hairenik.com/vfp/rouben-ter-minasian/ (accessed August 24, 2019)
3. ↑ https://armenianweekly.com/2017/11/16/sonentz-general-dro/ (accessed August 24, 2019)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Newton: Famous Assassinations in World History. To Encyclopedia. 2014, p. 514
5. ↑ http://vazgenmanukyan.am/en/5/1/vazgen-manukyan-s-biography.htm (accessed August 21, 2019)
6. ↑ ^{a b} https://www.gov.am/en/prime-ministers/info/77/ (accessed on August 21, 2019)
7. ↑ http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_to_nominate_former_defense_minister_to_csto_secretary_general_post/ (accessed on August 21, 2019)
8. ↑ http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/politics/news/21675/ (accessed on August 21, 2019)
9. ↑ https://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2008/04/15/news-10/ (accessed on August 21, 2019)
10. ↑ https://globalriskinsights.com/2016/10/armenia-new-defence-minister/ (accessed on August 21, 2019)
11. ↑ https://www.gov.am/en/gov-members/720/ (accessed on August 21, 2019)