Artak Beglaryan

Artak Artyomi Beglaryan (, born 5 July 1988) is an Armenian politician. He served as the State Minister of the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh from 2021 to 2022. He also previously served as Ombudsman of Artsakh from 2018 until 2020.

Early life and education Artak Artyomi Beglaryan was born on 5 July 1988 in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. His father fought in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, participated in the Battle of Martakert and was killed during the Battle of Lachin. At the age of seven, Beglaryan was injured by the explosion of a wartime mine found by his friends. As a result of the detonation, he lost his sight and suffered multiple burns to his face.

Beglaryan studied at Yerevan Specialized School No. 14 for Children with Visual Impairments (1995–2006). At the age of 24, he climbed Mount Ararat with a group of 15 people. In 2016, he became a member of the board of trustees of the Shusha Technological University. In 2018, he headed the Union of the Blind of Artsakh.

On 1 June 2021, Beglaryan was appointed as the State Minister, serving in this position until 3 November 2022. In November 2022, he moved to the position of Advisor to the State Minister, where he served until 31 August 2023.

Exile In the wake of the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, Beglaryan fled Nagorno-Karabakh and moved to Yerevan.