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Samvel Babayan

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Samvel Andraniki Babayan (Armenian: Սամվել Անդրանիկի Բաբայան; born 5 March 1965) is an Armenian military officer and politician. He was one of the founders and main commanders of the Artsakh Defence Army during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and became a war hero among Armenians for the military victories achieved under his command. Following the war, he served as the Defense Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1994 to 2000. During this period, Babayan "became not only the military leader but the most powerful man in Karabakh overall, controlling its government and economy" until his arrest and imprisonment in 2000 on charges of attempting to assassinate Arkadi Ghukasyan, President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samvel Babayan is the 17,153rd most popular politician (down from 15,652nd in 2024). (down from 4,277th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Samvel Babayan ranks 17,153 out of 19,576. Before him are Lilia Podkopayeva, Lynden Pindling, Vere Bird, Marina Kaljurand, Michael Portillo, and Zbigniew Rau. After him are Segerseni, Adam Schiff, Moshe Feiglin, Ivan Bakanov, John Graves Simcoe, and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.

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Among people born in 1965, Samvel Babayan ranks 453. Before him are Claudia Christian, Stepan Poltorak, Steve Yzerman, Stanislas Dehaene, François Baroin, and Ted King. After him are Black Francis, Brené Brown, Kevin Williamson, Juliet Landau, Sabine Braun, and Michal Šanda.

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