Artsrun Hovhannisyan
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| Native name | Արծրուն Հովհաննիսյան |
| Born |
January 30, 1980 (age 37) Tsoghamarg, Armenia |
| Allegiance |
 Republic of Armenia
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| Years of service | 1997–present |
| Rank | The press secretary of Ministry of Defense of Republic of Armenia. |
Artsrun Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Արծրուն Կարապետի Հովհաննիսյան, January 30, 1980, Tsoghamarg) is the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense, a military expert and analyst.
Since 1997 Artsrun Hovhannisyan has been serving in the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia (ROA). After graduating from the University in 2001 and being promoted to a Lieutenant, he was appointed as the Commander of Platoon of an anti-tank weapon in one of the Military Bases of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. In 2002 Hovhannisyan was appointed as the Commander of the same anti–tank device. In 2004 he was appointed as the Guard Commander of Battalion of an airport's technical support. From 2010 to 2011 he worked at the Institute of Political Research of Armenia’s President’s Staff as a military expert. In 2002 he worked at Public Relations Center of President of Armenia’s. In 2012 Artsrun Hovhannisyan became the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. From 2010 to 2012 he studied at the International scientific-educational center of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with a major in history. In 2013 was an applicant of the Institute of History of NAS of RoA. Since September 2013 he has been lecturing at Yerevan State University, faculty of International Relations and from January 2014 teaches command courses at the Military Institute (MI) after V.Sargsyan. In 2014 he received the title of a candidate of history.
In his studies Artsrun Hovhanisyan tries to bring a new viewpoint into the theory of wars and military operations of the 20th century, and to dispel widespread myths and stereotypes in order to keep the Armenian soldiers away from the danger of having heavy losses as a result of blindly following these myths and stereotypes, and then hitting the reality. Many experts insist that Artsrun Hovhannisyan is one of the first military theorists of Armenia's independence period, whose activity is directed to use the military theoretic achievements of the 21-st century in the Armenian army.
The author consistently approves the following theses in his works.
Artsrun Hovhannisyan is considered to be one of the new military scholars of the independence period, who refrains from the molded military stereotypes and who tries to understand and make an approximate realistic image of the future war.
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