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Bako Sahakyan
Բակո Սահակյան
	Bako Sahakyan; Բակո Սահակյան
	;
President of Nagorno-Karabakh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 September 2007
Prime Minister	Anushavan Danielyan; Arayik Harutyunyan
Preceded by	Arkadi Ghukasyan
Born	30 August 1960 (age 49); Stepanakert, Soviet Union

Bako Sahakyan (born August 30, 1960, Armenian: Բակո Սահակյան, sometimes transcribed as Bako Sahakian or Saakian) was the former security chief of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic^[1]^[2] and currently the third president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.^[3] He replaced Arkadi Ghukasyan, who held the presidential post for two five-year terms.

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Sahakyan was born in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, in 1960. After serving in the Soviet army, he worked for nine years in a Stepanakert factory. In 1990, he joined the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, of which he became a deputy commander.^[4] In 1999, he was named interior minister of Nagorno-Karabakh. He also led the Nagorno-Karabakh security service from 2001 to June 2007, when he resigned in order to run in the 2007 Nagorno-Karabakh Presidential elections.

Bako Sahakyan ran as an independent and won the elections with 85 percent of the votes. Voters mainly turned to Sahakyan because of his record in the security services.^[5] He has pledged to seek full independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, using the example that international recognition of Kosovo as an independent state would pave the way for acceptance of Nagorno-Karabakh's sovereignty.^[6]

Bako Sahakyan is married and has two children.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Voters in rebel Karabakh elect new president
^ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004 - Page 132 by Taylor & Francis Group, Imogen Gladman
^ Bako Saakian wins presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh
^ Former Security Chief Wins Nagorno-Karabakh Vote
^ Azerbaijan breakaway elects new president
^ Bako Saakian wins presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh - Herald Tribune

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Official website of the President of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic

Political offices
Preceded by Arkadi Ghukasyan	President of Nagorno-Karabakh 2007 – present	Incumbent

[0] Voters in rebel Karabakh elect new president

[1] Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004 - Page 132 by Taylor & Francis Group, Imogen Gladman

[2] Bako Saakian wins presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh

[3] Former Security Chief Wins Nagorno-Karabakh Vote

[4] Azerbaijan breakaway elects new president

[5] Bako Saakian wins presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh - Herald Tribune

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