Stepan Galstyan

Stepan Roberti Galstyan (Armenian: Ստեփան Ռոբերտի Գալստյան) was an Armenian military commander. He was the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces for 12 days from 10 March 2021 to 22 March 2021.

Stepan Galstyan
Born	(1963-05-15) May 15, 1963 Maralik, Ani Municipality, Armenian SSR, USSR (now in Shirak Province, Armenia)
Allegiance	Armenia
Branch	Soviet Air Forces Armenian Air Force
Service years	1982-Present
Rank	Lieutenant-General

Early life and career

In 1982, he graduated from the Leninkan Light Industry Technical School in Gyumri. From 1983 to 1992 he served in the Soviet Air Forces. In 1988, he graduated from the Armavir Military Aviation School of Pilots. In 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Independence of Armenia, he joined the Armenian Armed Forces and specifically the Armenian Air Force. He held the positions of commander of an aviation squadron, military unit, and then base. In 2003, President Robert Kocharyan appointed him Head of Aviation and Head of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, the de facto head of the Armenian Air Force. In 2007, he was promoted the military rank of Major General. By decree of President Serzh Sargsyan on the eve of Army Day on January 26, 2009, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

In 2012, he was promoted to the military rank of Lieutenant General. In June 2018, President Armen Sarkissian appointed him Deputy Chief of the General Staff. On 16 December 2021, Galstyan was been relieved from the position.

He is married and has 3 sons.

Awards

• "Vardan Mamikonyan" medal
• Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"
• "Marshal Baghramyan" medal
• Combat Service Medal
• "Andranik Ozanyan" medal
• Medal "For Impeccable Service" of the 1st degree
• With the "Maternal Gratitude" medal
• Medal "For Services to the Fatherland" 2nd degree
• Medal "For Strengthening Cooperation"
• Jubilee medal "10 years of the CIS unified air defense system"
• commemorative medal "50 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War"
• "Union of Yerkrapah Volunteers" commemorative medal