PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN APPOINTS NEW NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE CHIEF

ArmenPress
Nov 8 2004

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS: President Robert Kocharian picked up
today Maj.-General Gorik Hakobian to replace the former chief of the
National Security Service Karlos Petrosian, who resigned last week
at his own request. Before this appointment Gorik Hakobian served as
a deputy chief of the National Security Service.

Gorik Hakobian was born in 1948 in Gyumri. He has been working with
former KGB since 1970 and later with the national security service,
holding different positions. He also served as a deputy interior
minister from 1997 to 1999. He is married and father to two children.