Shavarsh Kocharyan (Armenian: Շավարշ Քոչարյան, born 3 April 1948, Yerevan, Armenia)[1] is an Armenian diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Shavarsh Kocharyan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2008  17 November 2020
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Armen Sarksyan
Prime MinisterTigran Sargsyan
Hovik Abrahamyan
Karen Karapetyan
Nikol Pashinyan
Personal details
Born (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948 (age 78)
Yerevan, Armenia

On November 10, 2020, during the political crisis caused by the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement he submitted his resignation, being accepted on November 17.[2]

In the early hours of April 13, 2004, Shavarsh Kocharyan as an opposition MP was taken into police custody during a violent crackdown on opposition protests.[3]

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