Davit Rubeni Ishkhanyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Ռուբենի Իշխանյան; 27 December 1968) is an Armenian politician. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he was the President of the National Assembly of the breakaway state Republic of Artsakh from August to October 2023. He briefly served as acting President of Artsakh in September 2023.
Davit Ishkhanyan
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| Դավիթ Իշխանյան | |
| Acting President of Artsakh | |
| In office 1[citation needed] September 2023[1] – 10 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Samvel Shahramanyan |
| Preceded by | Arayik Harutyunyan |
| Succeeded by | Samvel Shahramanyan |
| President of the National Assembly of Artsakh | |
| In office 7 August 2023 – 3 October 2023 | |
| President | Arayik Harutyunyan Himself (acting) Samvel Shahramanyan |
| Preceded by | Arthur Tovmasyan |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-12-27) 27 December 1968 (age 55) Ashan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
| Alma mater | Artsakh University |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army Artsakh Defence Army |
| Years of service | 1987–1989 1989–1995 |
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On 3 October 2023, he and three former presidents of Artsakh, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan and Arayik Harutyunyan, were detained by the State Security ServiceofAzerbaijan and brought to Baku.[2][3]
On 7 August 2023, Ishkhanyan was elected President of the National Assembly.[4] Pursuant to Artsakh constitution article 98,[5][1] he also became acting president within three days following the September 1 resignation of President Arayik Harutyunyan, holding it up until the 2023 Artsakhian presidential election.[6] Samvel Shahramanyan would succeed Ishkhanyan in that post.[7][8]
...according to the Constitution...in the event of the possible resignation of the Republic's President or the impossibility of performing his functions, the President/Speaker of the National Assembly becomes the acting President of the Republic...
The President of Republic shall submit his/her resignation to the National Assembly. The resignation shall come into force within three days, upon publication thereof as prescribed by law.
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