1988 Co-Founder and Coordinator of the Karabakh Committee
Until 1988 Vazgen Manukyan was a member and organizer of various political organizations, uniting the Armenian intelligentsia, and it was natural that he was standing at the roots of the Karabakh movement.
“I experienced the...
1990 – 1991 The First Prime Minister of Armenia
In May 1990 Vazgen Manukyan was elected a deputy of the Supreme Council of Armenia. On August 13, 1990 he was appointed by the Supreme Council as the Chairman (Prime Minister) of the Council...
1991 – to present: Chairman of the Co-founding Board of the National Democratic...
Gradually, the majority within the popular leadership of 1988 gained a direction that, in the opinion of the opposition, was consistently sacrificing the tasks enshrined in the program of the movement and the principles...
1992 – 1993 Minister of Defense, Head of the Military-industrial Complex of RA
RA Minister of Defense during the war
1992 Vazgen Manukyan was appointed RA Minister of State and then Acting Minister of Defense in September 2006. At that time, the RA regular army was finally formed,...
2009 – 2019 The Chairman of the Public Council of Armenia
From 2009 to 2019: On November 13, Vazgen Manukyan chaired the RA Public Council. The purpose of the Public Council is to promote the establishment and development of civil society in the country, to create...
2019 to present: Founder and Chairman of “Vernatun” Social-political Club
In 2019, responding to the developments in the social and political life of Armenia, the existing problems and dangers, Vazgen Manukyan founded the “Vernatun” socio-political club. The goal of the club is to promote...
