Vitaly Mikhaili Balasanyan (Armenian: Վիտալի Միխայիլի Բալասանյան, born March 5, 1959) is an Artsakhi politician and retired general currently serving as the head of the National Security Council of the Republic of Artsakh. Balasanyan was appointed to this post with expanded powers on December 2, 2020, in the aftermath of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. He previously occupied this post from November 2016 to November 2019. For his services in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, he was awarded the country's highest title, Hero of Artsakh. He previously served as a member of Artsakh's National Assembly. He twice ran, unsuccessfully, for the office of President of Artsakh.
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5 March 1959 (age 66) Askeran, NKAO, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
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