What is Bako Sahakyan?
[[File:Bako Sahakyan.jpg|thumb|Bako Sahakyan]] '''Bako Sahakyan''' ({{lang-hy|Բակո Սահակյան}}, sometimes transcribed as ''Bako Sahakian'' or ''Saakian'', born August 30, 1960) is the fourth president of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]]. He replaced [[Arkadi Ghukasyan]], who held the presidential post for two five-year terms. ==Biography== Sahakyan was born in [[Stepanakert]], [[NKAO]], [[Azerbaijan SSR]] 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.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/07/21D0A9AD-DBB1-45EF-934B-49EF54296CED.html Former Security Chief Wins Nagorno-Karabakh Vote]</ref> In 1999, he was named interior minister of Nagorno-Karabakh. He also led the Nagorno-Karabakh security service from 2001 to June 2007. Bako Sahakyan is married and has two children. ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.president.nkr.am Official website of the President of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6907012.stm High turnout in Nagorno-Karabakh] {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahakyan, Bako}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Armenian politicians]] [[Category:Presidents of Nagorno-Karabakh]]